War: City of Houston goes after church sermons

Several church leaders expressed opposition to Houston's ‘bathroom bill’ that made it legal for men to use the women’s bathroom (and vice versa). The city then did something chilling - they demanded churches fork over all sermons, speeches and communications mentioning the Mayor, the bill, and gay issues.

Watch Glenn's reaction on radio today:

"I'm going to start with what's happening in Houston, Texas. It is an assault on the churches and faith. An assault on religion. We have become a very anti-religious group of people. And we better wake up right now," Glenn said.

In Houston, five preachers have had their sermons subpoenaed as part of an ongoing lawsuit dealing with the "bathroom bill", which allowed transgendered men and women to use opposite sex bathrooms.

ABC News reported:

In a subpoena to five members of the Houston Area Pastors Council, the city is requesting a long list of documents and communications. Among them are "all speeches, presentations, or sermons" related to the Equal Rights Ordinance and "all communications with members of your congregation" regarding it and the failed petition against it.

"It's your constitutional right and duty from God to speak out from the pulpit. It's the Black Robe Regiment that actually gave us freedom in the United States of America. It is the pulpit," Glenn said. "It was the Christians that were leading the way to man's freedom. And if the Christians don't do it this time, we'll never do it. We will lose it."

Part of a new Houston ordinance allows transgendered men to use women's bathrooms (and vice versa).

"The churches started speaking out against it. Then they gathered signatures. It was going to get on the ballot. But her administration went and looked at the signatures and threw out like half of them. Said they were ineligible and unreadable. So we can't verify any of these signatures. So it never made it to the ballot. There's your first offense," Glenn said.

During the discovery process, the city subpoenaed the sermons of the preachers who oppose the bill. They call for "all speeches, presentations, or sermons related to HERO, the Petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity prepared by, delivered by, revised by, or approved by you or in your possession."

"Anything that they wrote. Anything that they said. Anything that they approved. Anything that they saw that takes a stand one way or another against these topics," Glenn said.

"It dawned on me this morning as I'm looking at this situation in Houston. What they're trying to do is get people to say [because of] the 501C3, you can't talk about anything political at a church. Otherwise, you lose your tax-exempt status."

"You want to really undercut the churches, take away their tax-exempt status. Because you will cut their budgets in half. They won't be able to do what they're doing. So by taking away their tax-exempt status, you cripple the churches and, believe me, that's what's coming," Glenn said.

Glenn encouraged religious leaders from across the country to send in their sermons to Houston and overwhelm the mayor's office.

The address is:

Mayor Annise Parker

Houston City Hall

901 Bagby St

Houston, TX 77002

"I want you to send your sermon to the Mayor of Houston in support of all of the preachers, pastors, rabbis in Houston that have been told they need to turn in their sermons," Glenn said.

POLL: What did YOU think about the 2nd GOP presidential debate?

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Wednesday was a big night for the Republican presidential candidates during the second GOP debate... OR WAS IT?

Glenn wasn't impressed with the debate. In fact, he went as far as to say it was the worst Presidential debate BY FAR he had ever seen for THIS reason: NO ONE discussed the major issues that Americans are actually facing.

Inflation has doubled Americans' grocery bills. Gas is nearing a historic record of $100/barrel. We have DOUBLED our national deficit. Bidenomics and the globalists' green agenda pose an existential threat to core American industries while we continue to fund the Ukrainian people's pensions and small businesses. It is as if our government has forgotten the American people.

It is as if our government has forgotten the American people.

Do YOU think the candidates hit the mark during the second GOP debate? Do you support Trump's decision to skip two debates in a row? Let us know in the poll below!

Do you think the 2nd GOP debate was overall positive?

Did the candidates debate issues you are concerned about?

Do you think the "real" debate was between Trump and Biden in Michigan?

Do you think any of the other GOP candidates can beat Trump? 

Do you think Trump can beat Biden? 

Do you think any other candidate besides Trump can beat Biden?

Do you think it was a mistake for Trump to miss the first debate?

Do you think it was a mistake for Trump to miss the second debate?

COVID is back! Or that is what we’re being told anyway...

A recent spike in COVID cases has triggered the left's alarm bells, and the following institutions have begun to reinstate COVID-era mandates. You might want to avoid them if you enjoy breathing freely...

Do YOU think institutions should bring back COVID-era mandates if cases increase? Let us know your thoughts HERE.

Morris Brown College

Both of Upstate Medical's hospitals in Syracuse, New York

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Auburn Community Hospital, New York

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United Health Services in New York

Kaiser Permanente in California

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There was a time when both the Left and the Right agreed that parents have the final say in raising their children... Not anymore.

In the People's Republic of California, the STATE, not parents, will determine whether children should undergo transgender treatments. The California state legislature just passed a law that will require judges in child custody cases to consider whether parents support a child’s gender transition. According to the law, the state now thinks total affirmation is an integral part of a child’s “health, safety, and welfare.”

We are inching closer to a dystopia where the state, not the parents, have ultimate rights over their children, a history that people from former Soviet nations would feign repeating.

Glenn dove into the law AND MORE in this episode titled, "Parental Advisory: The EXPLICIT plot to control YOUR kids." To get all the research that went into this episode AND information on how YOU can fight back, enter your email address below:

If you didn't catch Wednesday night's Glenn TV special, be sure to check it out HERE!

The Biden admin has let in MORE illegal aliens than the populations of THESE 15 states

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There are currently an estimated 16.8 MILLION illegal aliens residing in the United States as of June 2023, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). This number is already 1.3 million higher than FAIR's January 2022 estimate of 15.5 million and a 2.3 million increase from its end-of-2020 estimate. Even Democrats like New York City's Mayor Adams Mayor Adams are waking up to what Conservatives have been warning for years: we are in a border CRISIS.

However, this isn't the same border crisis that Republicans were warning about back in 2010. In the first two years of the Biden administration alone, the illegal alien population increased by 16 PERCENT nationwide, imposing a whopping net cost of $150.6 BILLION PER YEAR on American taxpayers. That is nearly DOUBLE the total amount that the Biden administration has sent to Ukraine.

This isn't the same border crisis that Republicans were warning about back in 2010.

These large numbers often make it difficult to conceptualize the sheer impact of illegal immigration on the United States. To put it in perspective, we have listed ALL 15 states and the District of Colombia that have smaller populations than the 2.3 MILLION illegal immigrants, who have entered the U.S. under the Biden administration. That is more than the entire populations of Wyoming, Vermont, and South Dakota COMBINED—and the American taxpayers have to pay the price.

Here are all 16 states/districts that have FEWER people than the illegal immigrants who have entered the U.S. under the Biden administration.

1. New Mexico

Population: 2,110,011

2. Idaho

Population: 1,973,752

3. Nebraska

Population: 1,972,292

4. West Virginia

Population: 1,764,786

5. Hawaii

Population: 1,433,238

6. New Hampshire

Population: 1,402,957

7. Maine

Population: 1,393,442

8. Montana

Population: 1,139,507

9. Rhode Island

Population: 1,090,483

10. Delaware

Population: 1,031,985

11. South Dakota

Population: 923,484

12. North Dakota

Population: 780,588

13. Alaska

Population: 732,984

14. Washington DC

Population: 674,815

15. Vermont

Population: 647,156

16. Wyoming

Population: 583,279