Annise Parker

Houston withdraws pastors’ subpoenas

By Lauren Markoe — October 29, 2014
(RNS) Houston Mayor Annise Parker said Wednesday (Oct. 29) that as important as it is to protect the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), the subpoenas became a distraction.

Why I stand with the Houston Five (COMMENTARY)

By Scott R. Murray — October 17, 2014
HOUSTON (RNS) Subpoenas issued by the mayor and the City Council of Houston attack two of the freedoms protected in the First Amendment: the free exercise of religion and the right to political speech.

Houston subpoenas pastors’ sermons in gay rights ordinance case

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 14, 2014
(RNS) The ordinance bans discrimination among businesses that serve the public, private employers, in housing and in city employment and city contracting.
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