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发帖数: 29846 | 1 by Sarah Rumpf 15 Oct 2014
AUSTIN, Texas -- Houston Mayor Annise Parker has backed down from the
subpoenas the City of Houston issued to several area pastors, Breitbart
Texas has learned.
Breitbart Texas reported earlier about the controversy, stemming from
litigation challenging the city's anti-discrimination ordinance and
subpoenas asking the pastors for the content of their sermons, speeches and
communications with church members.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz weighed in, firmly supporting the pastors in their
efforts to fight the subpoenas, while Mayor Parker initially remained
adamant that the city had the right to request those records.
Despite posting comments on Twitter just hours before that seemed to
indicate she would continue to fight this issue, she told a Houston radio
station that she had changed her mind.
As reported by KTRH Mayor Parker admitted that the subpoenas were too broad,
and that the pastors' sermons should not have been included. "It’s not
about what did you preach on last Sunday," she said. "It should have been
clarified, it will be clarified." City Attorney David Feldman had an odd
admission of his own: that he had not reviewed the subpoenas before they
were issued. "When I looked at it I felt it was overly broad, I would not
have worded it that way myself," said Feldman. "It's unfortunate that it
has been construed as some effort to infringe upon religious liberty."
City officials told KTRH that they would narrow the scope of the subpoenas,
but it is not clear how they will address the other concerns voiced by the
pastors regarding their free speech and religious liberty issues with the
rest of the items requested by the subpoena. |
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