Houston Wants to Screen Sermons

What if you were a pastor at a church in America and wanted to preach on Romans 1?

Go for it!  This is America!  You can preach on the entire Bible if you want!  All of it!

But wait...what if other folks in your city found out that Romans 1 condemns homosexual behavior and you lived in a city that bans 'hate speech...and a large group of citizens started demanding to see your sermons in hopes they could find something illegal in what you preached?

"But Dennis....that could never happen...this is America!"

Officials with the city of Houston, Texas, who are defending a controversial ordinance that would allow men to use women’s restrooms now have demanded to see the sermons preached by several area pastors.

The recent move came in a subpoena from the city to pastors for copies of their sermons and other communications in the city’s legal defense of a “non-discrimination” measure that allows “gender-confused” people to use public restrooms designated for the opposite sex.

A lawsuit challenging Houston’s move alleges the city violated its own charter in its adoption of the Equal Rights Ordinance, which in May designated homosexuals and transgender persons as a protected class.

Critics say the measure effectively enables sexual predators who dress as women to enter female public bathrooms, locker rooms and shower facilities. A coalition of activists that includes area pastors filed suit Aug. 6 against the city and lesbian Mayor Annise Parker after officials announced a voter petition to repeal the measure didn’t have enough signatures to qualify for the election ballot.

Read it all here;  http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/major-u-s-city-demands-oversight-of-sermons/

You may want to ask your pastor where he will stand should these ordinances against "hate speech" start threatening your church.  Will he preach that fornication, adultery, polygamy and gay sex are called sinful?  What if it meant jail time for him?  What if your church was forced to pay back taxes because they lose their tax-free status because the government labels them as "hate inspiring"?

There is NO DOUBT that persecution is coming for Christians.  You can see evidence of it all around us.  I hope that Jesus comes soon...but if He tarries, we should all reconcile ourselves as to what stand we will take if the persecution comes for us.