Wylie mayor defends belief that women shouldn’t lead public prayer – By Tom Steele (Dallas Morning News) / May 21 2020
Eric Hogue wrote in an email that he’d prefer only male members of a Christian group say the prayer before a council meeting.
Wylie Mayor Eric Hogue says he believes women can do “anything and everything” — so long as they don’t lead public displays of religion.
Hogue is defending his beliefs after the release of an email in which he requests that only male members of a Christian missionary group say a prayer before a City Council meeting.
The exchange between Hogue and the city’s mayor pro tem, Jeff Forrester, was posted Wednesday on a Facebook page that focuses on the city’s politics.
Forrester emailed Hogue last week about the group, Youth With a Mission, asking for the mayor’s thoughts about arranging for its members to attend the council’s next meeting.
On Sunday, Hogue replied, saying it was a good idea — as long as “those leading the public prayer be young men.”
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