Twitter Blocks Campaign To Protect Pastors From Having To Hand Over Their Sermons and Emails To The Government

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Twitter Blocks Campaign To Protect Pastors From Having To Hand Over Their Sermons and Emails To The Government

Posted By Patrick Howley On 4:31 PM 10/15/2014 In | No Comments
 

Twitter blocked a petition campaign Wednesday to protect Houston pastors from having to hand over to the city government all of their sermons and personal emails dealing with the issue of homosexuality.

The Christian organization Faith Driven Consumer’s Twitter hashtag campaign #HoustonWeHaveAProblem was censored by Twitter minutes after launching so that users could not Tweet the petition and a warning was placed on Twitter-based links to the petition website. The group’s previous campaign #iStandWithPhil defending Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson was also blocked by Twitter at one time.

“We are asking Twitter to immediately unblock thousands of people who have already flocked to our petition and want to spread the word from coast to coast,” Faith Driven Consumer founder Chris Stone said in a statement provided to The Daily Caller.

The city of Houston this week subpoenaed from a group of pastors sermons and personal correspondences, including emails, that discuss “homosexuality, gender identity, or Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian mayor.”

UPDATE: Houston mayor Annise Parker said Wednesday night that the subpoenas “should be clarified, will be clarified” and will be less broad in scope. But as of press time the subpoenas are still active.

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[GourmetDan]

Prolly all the conservative Christians over at Twitter are behind it...   /s

[olde north church]

Why is there no "Conservative" Twitter?

[GourmetDan]

Why is there no "Conservative" Twitter?

You're on it, dude...     

[mountaineer]

Related commentary from a presbyterian pastor:

When A Lesbian Mayor Sits In Your Town Hall

Do not be foolish and think this day of Christian ease and comfort will last. It has come and gone in most cultures and will most likely do so in the United States of America

Written by Joseph Franks | Saturday, October 18, 2014

“The church is not to be foolishly optimistic and expect a favorable reception from all men. Christ’s body should not be surprised when the ministry of Christ separates friends and family members. The Prince of Peace, who gives peace to his own people, came not to give peace to the earth. Some will welcome the ancient truths of Jesus with open hearts and arms, others will seek to use, abuse and excuse us from their presence as did the sex-crazed radicals of Sodom and Gomorrah. The church should not be surprised when tribulation accelerates.”

 

Many in the land have been exercised over recent happenings in Texas. City officials in Houston have issued subpoenas to five ministers demanding their sermons which touch on homosexuality, gender identity, marriage equality, or the the election of Annise Parker to mayor of Houston. Some see the actions of city officials as simply supporting the city’s non-discrimination ordinance. However, others see it as religious persecution and an egregious conflict with the First Amendment.

Personally, I think if someone was really interested in determining which churches were using their pulpits to defeat or encourage social and legal changes, they should subpoena all the sermons from all ministers. But this will not happen, for there would then be an outcry, not only from those in favor of traditional biblical values, but also from those ministers who fly the rainbow flag, march in gay-pride parades, and consistently use their churches and pulpits to encourage acceptance, diversity, and sexual reform. But I digress, for this is supposed to be a scriptural devotional and not a political editorial.

So the question is asked, “How should the church respond when a lesbian mayor sits in their town hall?  Helpful advice comes from the lips of Jesus:  ...

Rest of essay at The Aquila Report