It sparked a nationwide debate last fall when the city of Houston, embroiled in a lawsuit over its LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance, subpoenaed pastors for copies of their sermons.
It also sparked action by the Texas Senate, which voted 30-1 to pass a bill on April 28 that would make sermons privileged from discovery in lawsuits involving the government.
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