MRC's Bozell Denounces Media for Ignoring Houston Pulpit Subpoenas

October 16th, 2014 3:45 PM

Editor's Note: The following is a statement released by Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell this afternoon, reacting to the broadcast network media's blackout of a shocking development in Houston, Texas, where the city government subpoenaed the sermons of a handful of conservative churches that have been critical of the city's mayor, Annise Parker, and the city's enforcement of a new "equal rights" bill that would permit men who identify as transgendered females to use women's restrooms.

You can read the full press release here:

When the government mandates what a pastor can or cannot say, and criminalizes preaching the Bible, we’re no different than Red China. How in the name of God is that not national news?

The freedom of religion, expressed at the pulpit, is a sacred right in this country. If you lose that, then religion itself is outlawed unless expressly approved by the state. This is unheard of in America. It is unconscionable that the ‘news’ media are suppressing this from the public.