Posted on 05/28/2014 9:06:09 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
After nearly nine hours of chanting and tears from seas of opponents and supporters in color-coded T-shirts, Houston City Council passed an ordinance on Wednesday extending equal rights protections to gay and transgender residents.
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Only two things come from Texas....
Welcome to the freak show...
Bovine excrement. This is gay and transgendered supremacy plain and simple.
Isn’t the mayor a lesbian?
No, but her girlfriend is.
Let the lawsuits begin...
Pastor coalition final statement on ERO to Houston City Council
Baptist Ministers Association of Houston * Houston Area Pastor Council Houston Ministers Against Crime * AME Ministers Alliance of Houston/Gulf Coast * Northeast Ministers Alliance * South Texas Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship * South Texas District Council of the Assemblies of God* National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
To Honorable Houston City Council Members:
We have prepared and presented to you on multiple occasions the many reasons we have been compelled to oppose the “Equal Rights Ordinance” proposed by Mayor Parker. As we have shown and provided via testimony and the legal briefs from our counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, the serious flaws in both process and content were and are irreconcilable.
We have shown that the ordinance is unnecessary and based on vague, anecdotal incidents that cannot withstand scrutiny of basic evidentiary process. Mayor Parker has acknowledged that this is primarily about the LGBT community and the city attorney in his public comments at the committee meeting acknowledged there was not a legitimate local need.
We have raised our concerns as to the privacy and protection of women and children through the Public Accommodations section that is not better, but worse, with the removal of 17-51 (b). When the city attorney said he couldn’t find any incidents where there was a problem, we provided many. We have revealed the direct threat to the freedoms of religion and speech against business owners who simply practice business according to their faith by following principles we once applauded.
We reject the comparison of sexual behavior and the definition of gender identity with race, religion, sex and physical disability that are immutable, unchangeable classes. Our Black pastors and congregations in particular, also our Hispanic and Asian pastors and churches, find it patently offensive to equate the color of their skin, which they did not choose, with a person’s lifestyle choice. Additionally, the Civil Rights movement has been about making sure everyone has the same rights.
We believe that this ordinance gives special rights to a people group who already has the same rights as everyone else. Finally, the attached polling confirms that lop-sided outpouring of calls and emails to your offices. Over eighty percent of “We the People” do NOT want this ordinance.
We consider a vote for this ordinance as a vote against “We the People.” We cannot nor will not overlook such a vote in all future opportunities to hold those council members accountable for such an action who cast that vote.
can I ask a stupid question?
What rights were being denied to gay and trans-whatever residents of Houston? Considering our various constitutional rights, freedom of speech, the right to vote,etc., which rights were being denied, that they felt the need to pass this so called equal rights ordinance???
“Finally, the attached polling confirms that lop-sided outpouring of calls and emails to your offices. Over eighty percent of “We the People” do NOT want this ordinance.”
The city council went against these people even though the majority of them did not want this gay rights law and they even called their council members.
It just goes to,show that when conservatives call elected officials, it does no good.
What about equal rights for conservatives?
The Mayor was upset because she had to get married to her girlfriend in a state other than Texas and vowed to do everything she can to make sure that Texas allows marriages between members of the gay community. She can’t run again as she is now term limited but you can be sure that she will try to push her entire gay agenda on Houston before she steps down.
Sad day for Texas. Voters had a chance to elect someone else during the last election but they stayed home and so deserve what they got. Black ministers particularly are totally against this issue. Will be interesting to see which side Sheila Jackson Lee, their DC Rep, comes down on or if she will, for perhaps the only time in her political career avoid the limelight.
Denise Porker, as she is called by Michael Berry, is just a female Obama. Between the millions streaming across the Mexican border and Porker’s actions, Houston is becoming a disaster.
Not really a surprise that it passed
Is SJL the mayors girl friend?
I respectfully disagree with you. Houston was already a disaster. Porker just made it a bigger disaster. Houston has had a string of horrible leadership for at least the better part of three decades.
Boob Lanier, L.P. Brown, Crashy Whitmire, Porker
No zoning, relentless urban sprawl, no mass transit, flat as a board, terrible drainage problems that are getting worse every day, hordes of illegals, moveable parking lots that are laughingly called freeways, high property taxes, high sales taxes and little in the way of redeeming value, entertainment or amenities.
“Houston is becoming a disaster.”
This new law will further devastate Houston’s economy, increase unemployment and hurt real estate prices.
When some perv claims to be transgendered and uses the women’s restroom and rapes someone, I hope the city gets sued for pushing this idiotic ruling. Instead, what will probably happen is the police will question someone for using the women’s restroom and then that guy will sue the city for discrimination.
You forgot the mosquitos...
I thought they were those black headed mexican vultures that have moved in now.
Texas... Has it gotten to the point that conservatives should abandon all urban areas?
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