HOUSTON WITHDRAWS LEGAL DEMAND TO SEE PASTOR'S' SERMONS IN GAY RIGHTS BATTLE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)
by STANews 
, Friday, October 17, 2014, 18:13
Houston city attorneys are no longer seeking through subpoenas sermons from five pastors who publicly opposed an ordinance banning discrimination against gay and transgender residents.
Mayor Annise Parker said on Friday that the city was backing off the sermon request but would not withdraw the subpoenas, which seek other information from the pastors as part of a lawsuit over a petition drive to repeal the equal rights ordinance.
“They were too broad,” Parker said at a news conference. “They were typical attorney language in a discovery motion. They were asking for everything but the kitchen sink.”
While the word “sermons” was being deleted from the subpoenas, the revised request for other speeches or presentations was appropriate, Parker said.
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