Posted: 01/08/2010 at 7:15pm
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Mayor Annise Parker (in gold jacket) held hands with her partner Kathy Hubbard at an earlier event. Joel Osteen offered the opening prayer at Parker's inauguration. | Joel Osteen Helps Inaugurate Houston's First Official Gay Mayor
by Lillian Kwon, The Christian Post
HOUSTON, TX - Pastor of America's largest church, (Joel) Osteen was invited to offer the opening prayer at the inauguration of Houston's elected city officials on Monday. While praying for the 14-member City Council, he also specifically thanked God for the new mayor, Annise Parker, a partnered lesbian.
"She's our mayor. Joel doesn't view Annise through a gay lens," Don Iloff, Jr., spokesman for Lakewood Church in Houston, told The Christian Post. "He sees her as a person."
"Annise says she's a believer. Let her stand before God; that's kind of where Joel is," Iloff noted. "He's not going to tell homosexuals they can't come to our church. If the Holy Spirit convicts them, then they'll change."
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Edited by News Editor on 01/08/2010 at 7:45pm
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