Saying "I don't want to have a national debate on freedom of religion" and that it is not good for the City of Houston, homosexual mayor Annise Parker has directed city attorneys to withdraw the subpoenas issued to five Houston pastors. The pastors delivered petitions against her city ordinance requiring restrooms to become unisex based on a person's perceived gender. Notwithstanding, she vowed to continue to protect her so-called "Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO)" because "it is extremely important to me." The change of mind came after Houston area pastors and others met with the mayor and persuaded her to do the right thing. Excellent activism by the pastors, but it shouldn't stop now.
Parker's change of mind on the subpoenas is a small victory in a bigger war. This is no time for forgiveness. She was defiant in her defense of non-gender public restrooms. Yet, she admitted that her action to subpoena pastors' sermons and personal correspondence was not good for the city of Houston. At the very least, Parker should face a recall election for her shenanigans in dictating an ordinance that advances her transsexual agenda and ultimately endangers children and others by opening public restrooms to anyone of any gender. In the name of civil rights, Parker has ignited a national debate about morality, the constitution, and protecting the rights of all citizens. She should pay the price for her actions.
Pastors and the legal defense teams involved in getting Parker to call off her witch hunt should make an example of Parker. She should be sued for her intent to violate the First Amendment rights of the pastors in Houston. Parker should be held accountable for violating Constitutional rights of free speech and religious expression even by disqualifying valid petition signatures. She should also be brought up on charges of using the office of mayor to forward a personal agenda, and knowingly using city resources to pursue something that was harmful to the city--all things she has admitted to in her subpoena withdrawal. The pastoral community in Houston should be relentless in their pursuit of justice.
The Lord has blessed his disciples with a moral and legal code of accountability. It transcends the community of followers into the broader society as we are charged to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you (Matthew 28:19-20)." We are also told to overcome evil with good. What Parker has done is evil. There should be no turning of the cheek. If the righteous do not hold the line on accountability we have an Isaiah 59:14 situation: "And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter." Let there be bold action against the iniquity of the Houston mayor.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
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