Posted on 06/15/2007 8:14:35 PM PDT by Baladas
When I was a kid in Arkansas in the 1980s, we viewed Dallas with something approaching reverence. Mine was a fairly conservative family, aspirational. . The summer I was 13, Ronald Reagan was renominated in Dallas, and I signed up to be a young volunteer.
I've changed quite a bit, trading movement conservatism for gay libertarianism, and Dallas would like you to know that it has changed too. The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau operates a website proclaiming that "Dallas truly is the most liberal city in Texas!" There are lots of reasons for Dallas' political shift, some peculiar to last year's mid-terms.
Even so, the demographic trends here don't favor the Republicans. George (who ran for land commissioner in 2002 as "a lifelong friend of President George W. Bush") pointedly noted that the President, a longtime Texan who is expected to move to Dallas and build his library here after he leaves the White House, carried the county with just 50.1% of the vote in 2004. Dallas has long had a large African-American population, and now nearly a third of Dallas County is Latino.
But gays have played an important, less noticed role in Dallas' evolution. Over the past decade, a large and politically powerful lesbian and gay community has emerged. Both the Dallas sheriff and the county judge--an Old West title meaning chairman of the county commissioners--are openly gay. The district clerk is gay too, and Dallas is home to what is said to be the largest gay church in the world, the Cathedral of Hope, which has 3,500 members, a full choir, a violinist and long-stemmed roses in the bathroom. . And according to the gay group Lambda Legal, Dallas' is the only school district in Texas that includes teachers in its antidiscrimination policies.
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What the HELL has happened to Dallas?
Never say “gay cowboy” and “gag” in the same sentence.
bush country - it went RINO.
Is George Bush a rhinestone cowboy ???
There must be a dozen jokes right there. It's so damn easy.
lol, didn’t even notice that before.
I used to live in Arlington, we always said somewhat derisively “Dallas for culture...Fort Worth for fun..” That was 24 years ago, seems like Dallas is still going to be called “Big D” but for different reasons now...
Like most large metro areas, the conservatives have fled to the suburbs. The corruption, PC crap, crime, horrible schools etc chases the good folks away.
Plano, Frisco and a host of other communities to the north are expanding at a ridiculous rate. If you cant afford Highland Park or University Park, Frisco and the 121/Tollway corridor is quickly becoming Park Cities North.
BTW - Dallas has always had a large gay community centered around the Oak Lawn area. And I wouldn’t necessarily call Dallas a conservative city. There has always been a very large contingent of liberals in the 20+ years I’ve lived here.
Nah, hes a RINOstone cowboy.
Both the Dallas sheriff and the county judge—an Old West title meaning chairman of the county commissioners—are openly gay. The district clerk is gay too, and Dallas is home to what is said to be the largest gay church in the world, ....Well shit howdy!!!...can we get all the gays in the U.S. to move to Texas and seal those borders??
I lived in Frisco back in about 84. There was a lull in the building boom at the time and all the streets and sidewalks for subdivisions were there minus the houses.
Woo doggy! Thanks for the info, Dallas visitors bureau-that's where I'm heading my next family vacation...NOT!
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