Yesterday Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced she has directed her legal team to drop the subpoenas of city pastors who opposed a pro-gay city ordinance. The decision comes one day after an emergency delegation of seven pastors from across the country met privately with the mayor for an hour. The meeting followed a prayer vigil held by the group in front of Houston City Hall.
Civil-rights activist Dr. Alveda King has just come off the road after a whirlwind week of meetings with community leaders across the country as part of a new campaign called Restore the Dream 2014.
Kayla Moore, President of the Montgomery-based Foundation for Moral Law, denounced the attempt by Houston, Texas Mayor Annise D. Parker to subpoena sermons and sermon notes as a “blatant assault on religious liberty and a government attempt to control and censor the pulpit.”
The City of Houston has demanded pastors turn over all their speeches, presentations and other materials related their comments on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. (HERO)
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit and a motion for a temporary restraining order Friday to stop officials in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, from forcing two ordained Christian ministers to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples.
Faith Driven Consumer™, the group that emerged on the national stage last year with its #IStandWithPhil campaign that played a leading role in Phil Robertson’s return to Duck Dynasty, continues to serve as an advocate for more than 41 million consumers who spend $2 trillion annually.
