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  • Houston GLBTQX Ordinance Loses by Wide Margin

    http://www.chron.com/politics/electi...ts-6608562.php

    I think this ordinance lost in large part due to the hateful controlling manipulative pettiness of Houston's Lesbian Mayor.


    The hotly contested election has spurred national attention, drawing comment from the White House and the state's top officials. Largely conservative opponents of the law allege that it would allow men dressed as women, including sexual predators, to enter women's restrooms. Supporters of the law, including Mayor Annise Parker, argue that it extends an important local recourse for a range of protected classes to respond to discrimination.

    Supporters released a written statement Tuesday night: "We are disappointed with today's outcome, but our work to secure nondiscrimination protections for all hard-working Houstonians will continue. No one should have to live with the specter of discrimination hanging over them. Everyone should have the freedom to work hard, earn a decent living and provide for themselves and their families."

    The ordinance bans discrimination based not just on gender identity and sexual orientation, but also 13 classes already protected under federal law: sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy and genetic information, as well as family, marital or military status.


    This is part of the whole "Religious Liberty" bill in the Texas Legislature that was in response to Mayor Parker's attempt to subpoena pastor's sermon notes and suppress their free speech.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    I was reading an article about it earlier today which found that polling clearly showed people widely misunderstood what the bill was about. Very few people knew it was an LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance. Most people thought it primarily granted men the right to walk into womens bathrooms - something the law doesn't mention.

    Basically, conservatives widely lied about the bill. Lying for Jesus strikes again.

    Although I suspect the average Texan is probably nasty enough towards gay people to strike down any anti-discrimination ordinance by popular vote anyway, had they known what the law was actually about. Significant numbers of Texans seem to have been having apoplectic fits over the very fact that the mayor of Houston is a lesbian.
    Last edited by Starlight; 11-04-2015, 03:44 AM.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Starlight View Post
      Significant numbers of Texans seem to have been having apoplectic fits over the very fact that the mayor of Houston is a lesbian.
      Do you know how voting works?
      Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Starlight View Post
        I was reading an article about it earlier today which found that polling clearly showed people widely misunderstood what the bill was about. Very few people knew it was an LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance. Most people thought it primarily granted men the right to walk into womens bathrooms - something the law doesn't mention.

        Basically, conservatives widely lied about the bill. Lying for Jesus strikes again.

        Although I suspect the average Texan is probably nasty enough towards gay people to strike down any anti-discrimination ordinance by popular vote anyway, had they known what the law was actually about. Significant numbers of Texans seem to have been having apoplectic fits over the very fact that the mayor of Houston is a lesbian.
        You know absolutely nothing about the history or background of this. It was a scam from day one, and its supporters tried scare tactics that backfired.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Starlight View Post
          Significant numbers of Texans seem to have been having apoplectic fits over the very fact that the mayor of Houston is a lesbian.
          No, significant numbers of Texans woke up to what an arrogant ass she has been.

          1997 - first openly gay person elected to Houston city council
          1999 - reelected to Houston city council
          2001 - reelected to Houston city council with no runoff election necessary
          2003 - elected City Controller
          2005 - reelected unopposed for City Controller
          2007 - reelected unopposed for City Controller
          2009 - electec Housotn Mayor
          2011 - reelected Houston Mayor with to runoff election necessary
          2013 - STILL openly gay, won a third tirm with over 57% of the vote

          Would anybody but a profoundly ignorant jackass believe that SUDDENLY people discovered she was a lesbian and voted against her for that reason?

          And, by all counts, it was largely that black vote that did Prop 1 in.

          By the way, graffiti on a restroom wall does NOT count as "an article".
          Last edited by Cow Poke; 11-04-2015, 07:01 AM.
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
            You know absolutely nothing about the history or background of this. It was a scam from day one, and its supporters tried scare tactics that backfired.
            What about stuff like this?



            Was that an accurate representation of the ballot initiative?
            "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sam View Post
              What about stuff like this?



              Was that an accurate representation of the ballot initiative?
              Accurate or not, it was awesome!
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Sam View Post
                What about stuff like this?

                Was that an accurate representation of the ballot initiative?
                No
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sam View Post
                  Was that an accurate representation of the ballot initiative?
                  Kudos to the voters of Huston, because this is where it all leads:


                  (CNN)A Chicago-area school district violated anti-discrimination laws by denying a transgender student full access to the girl's locker room, federal authorities said, the latest inquiry to side with students who feel discriminated against by school policies.

                  http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/us/ill...ing/index.html
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                    No
                    Apparently such arguments and advertisements were quite common in the run-up to voting, supporting Starlight's argument that disinformation played a significant role in HERO's failure at the ballot box.
                    "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Sam View Post
                      Apparently such arguments and advertisements were quite common in the run-up to voting, supporting Starlight's argument that disinformation played a significant role in HERO's failure at the ballot box.
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Sam View Post
                        Apparently such arguments and advertisements were quite common in the run-up to voting, supporting Starlight's argument that disinformation played a significant role in HERO's failure at the ballot box.
                        Let's see.. I actually LIVE in this area, and watch Houston news every night, as opposed to you, who lives in Yankeeland somewhere, and Starlight who doesn't even live in this hemisphere. You guys actually think you know better about what arguments and advertisements were "quite common" here?
                        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                          Let's see.. I actually LIVE in this area, and watch Houston news every night, as opposed to you, who lives in Yankeeland somewhere, and Starlight who doesn't even live in this hemisphere. You guys actually think you know better about what arguments and advertisements were "quite common" here?
                          Houston Chronicle:

                          Source: Claims about restroom access dominate HERO debate. Katherine Driessen. Houston Chronicle. October 15, 2015


                          Opponents of the ordinance, largely conservative Christians, have flooded radio and TV with ads saying the law gives men dressed in women's clothing, including sexual predators, the ability to enter a woman's restroom. On Tuesday, the group released a TV spot that closes with a man bursting into a stall occupied by a young girl.

                          © Copyright Original Source

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sam View Post
                            Houston Chronicle:

                            Source: Claims about restroom access dominate HERO debate. Katherine Driessen. Houston Chronicle. October 15, 2015


                            Opponents of the ordinance, largely conservative Christians, have flooded radio and TV with ads saying the law gives men dressed in women's clothing, including sexual predators, the ability to enter a woman's restroom. On Tuesday, the group released a TV spot that closes with a man bursting into a stall occupied by a young girl.

                            © Copyright Original Source

                            Yeah, Houston Chronicle, a very liberal rag, shows one side of the issue. Again, I'm shocked.

                            Sam - I actually LIVE here --- part of the problem is that the Mayor and her allies put out some really STUPID ads, and paraded local liberal clergymen in their clergy garb to assure everybody that all was well.... They ran a STINKING campaign, and their whole PROCESS was filled with trickery and deceit.

                            She has no problem USING clergy on one hand, and threatening them with JAIL for exercising their free speech!

                            But, ever the staunch liberal, even from MILES away, you ignorantly inject yourself into something you only READ about.
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                              Yeah, Houston Chronicle, a very liberal rag, shows one side of the issue. Again, I'm shocked.

                              Sam - I actually LIVE here --- part of the problem is that the Mayor and her allies put out some really STUPID ads, and paraded local liberal clergymen in their clergy garb to assure everybody that all was well.... They ran a STINKING campaign, and their whole PROCESS was filled with trickery and deceit.

                              She has no problem USING clergy on one hand, and threatening them with JAIL for exercising their free speech!

                              But, ever the staunch liberal, even from MILES away, you ignorantly inject yourself into something you only READ about.

                              All right, people, if you don't live in the Houston downtown/suburbs and/or agree with Cow Poke's take on the issue, you got no business here. Move along folks, move along.
                              "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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