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“Houston We Have a Problem”
Texans Vote on Religious Liberty
November 12, 2015
The Issue:
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 3, 2015, the city of Houston, Texas will decide the question, “Can a man, wearing a dress, legally use a women’s bathroom?”
Lesbian Mayor Annise Parker, Houston’s mayor since 2010, has managed to push the homosexual agenda on Texas’ largest city. The ordinance entitled the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) has had the effect of giving superior rights to persons with gender identification issues, practicing homosexuals and transgenders.
History:
Mayor Parker has used the power of the ordinance to subpoena the sermons and private communications of Houston pastors who might be in opposition to her agenda. A petition to recall the ordinance gathered 50,000 signatures. Mayor Parker simply ignored the concerns and personalized the issue by stating that opposition to the ordinance “is about me.”
Not until the Texas Supreme Court required the Mayor’s compliance with the petition, was the issue put on the ballot.
The Ordinance:
The ordinance requires and allows the following: 1. Men in women’s bathrooms, shower rooms, and locker rooms – places of public accommodation. 2. Disallowance of any “religious or moral conviction” in serving the LGBT community. They require, you comply – regardless of what you believe. 3. Criminalization of any anti-homosexual or transgender utterances (preacher sermons were subpoenaed under this aspect of the ordinance). 4. Not hiring or renting to a homosexual may result in legal prosecution.
America has always been defined by its moral core, its free markets and its religious freedoms.
Conclusion:
If the City of Houston votes to end religious liberty in the heart of Texas it will be a bellwether for all Bible-believing churches across this great land.
Prayer:
Please pray for the defeat of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance and salvation for Houston’s Mayor Annise Parker.
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