"Pastor" Steve Riggle apparently thinks trying to change a constitution is unconstitutional.

[Faryn Balyncd]

“Respectfully, if you cannot uphold the Texas constitution, then you should do the honorable thing and step down,” Pastor Steve Riggle of Grace Community Church wrote in an email to Parker on Friday.

In Riggle’s view, Parker is failing to uphold the state constitution, which includes a voter-approved amendment banning same-sex marriage, by advocating for equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians.

In January, Parker joined 77 of her colleagues at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., in calling for legalization of same-sex marriage.

Her participation in the event, weeks after her swearing in for a second term in January, amounted to what Riggle described in the email as a “call for action regarding marriage that would violate the very constitution you were swearing to uphold.”

When asked about Riggle’s message, Parker said Monday, ”I do my duty to uphold the state Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. I swore an oath to that. I take that oath very seriously, but I have my First Amendment rights to free speech.

“We all have the right to do that and I’m sorry that they (Riggle and his supporters) don’t understand the Constitution,” Parker said.

http://blog.chron.com/houstonpolitics/2012/02/megachurch-asks-mayor-not-to-promote-same-sex-marriage/

"Pastor Riggle" is even part of the "Faith Dream Team" that includes "historian" David Barton, Barton's "constitutional expert" Rick Green, and none other than Chuck Norris!

[Faryn Balyncd]

1. (Riggle should have let Michele in on his "constitutional" insights.)

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/25/bachmann-founding-fathers-worked-tirelessly-slavery/