If you had any doubts that homophobes are losing the battle, in Texas of all places.. .LOL!
Juan
Houston, Texas (CNN) -- Annise Parker made history Saturday as
Houston's first openly gay mayor.
Parker, who served five years as city controller, beat former city
attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote in a runoff
election.
Both are Democrats who faced off for the second time because neither
emerged with more than 50 percent of the vote in the November 3
election.
Parker's election also makes her the second woman to become mayor of
Houston. Other cities such as Providence, Rhode Island, and Portland,
Oregon, have picked openly gay mayors. Houston is the fourth-largest
U.S. city.
Parker's victory is also remarkable because a few years ago, Houston
rejected a referendum to offer benefits to same-sex partners of city
workers. Also, the city sits in a state where gay marriage is against
the law.
"Houston is a multiracial, multicultural, international city. And I
think my election will send a message to the world that Houston is a
city that might surprise a lot of folks," Parker said before the
runoff.
Parker, 53, has never shied away from, nor made an issue of, her
sexual orientation. She has been with her partner for 19 years and
they have two adopted children.
She was elected to the city council and then spent the past five years
as city controller. She ran for mayor on a platform of fiscal
conservatism.
"I have always stood up for the fact that I am gay. It's part of the
resume that I bring to the table, but it's just a piece of the
package," she said.
After the mayoral race entered a runoff, conservatives and anti-gay
activists mounted an intense campaign against Parker. Houston
residents received flyers in the mail that highlighted Parker's
support from gay groups and her relationship with her partner.
"There's a certain segment of Houston, there's a certain segment of
society that has problems with the issues around sexual orientation,"
Parker said. "But the citizens of Houston have elected me six
consecutive times to public office. They know me, they trust me.
"I think it's a small and shrinking minority of Houstonians who have
that attitude and I look forward to it as being mayor of all of
Houston," she said.
Turnout was light Saturday. Only 16.4 percent of the eligible voters
cast ballots, according to the results from Harris County, Texas,
where Houston is located. Locke received 46.4 percent of the vote.
Parker will take office in January, replacing Bill White who could not
run because of term limits.
Al
<816438ba-34a9-4844...@9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Juan <fly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Houston elects first openly gay mayor
>
> Houston, Texas (CNN) -- Annise Parker made history Saturday as
> Houston's first openly gay mayor.
Great, Pudge - now what about those Islamoids you so strongly support i
Iran, think they'll ever be as open-minded as the Israelis and the
white-trash America you despise?
Fraud.
Juan
>
> Great...
Thank you. Have a nice weekend, Fudge. And don't forget I own you,
bitch! LOL!
Al
<efd17ef6-97a2-48cb...@g26g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
Juan <fly...@gmail.com> wrote:
Keep snipping proof of your greatness, Pudgester.
Jamir Quay
How's the divorce coming , fatboi?
http://www.itpreport.com/upload/Juan_Jimenez_200x150.jpg
Sheesh, even a Polack dumped your lard ass...
Jamir Quay
Kirk Reynolds
"Jamir Quay" <s...@00.ter> wrote in message
news:hg4d0p$iqs$4...@news.eternal-september.org...
You're right, Jeffy.
It's prolly not your real name. Or your house there on Spanish Trail. No
fucking way that a unemployed social security collecting dish washer boy
like you end up in a house like that!
lol
Jamir Quay
Lol, you putz.
Kirk Reynolds
"Jamir Quay" <s...@00.ter> wrote in message
> Juan wrote:
>> On Dec 13, 10:16 am, Al <albert.finney...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Great...
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> How's the divorce coming , fatboi?
>
>
You're right, Jeffy.
Kirk Reynolds
"Jamie Queer" <s...@00.ter> wrote in message
news:hg4d3a$iqs$5...@news.eternal-september.org...
Jamir Quay
Hahaha! It took me a couple of years but I did it! I trashed your newsgroup.
Filled it with spam. Drove away the old timers. Brought chaos to stupidity!
I did it!
I win!
You lose!
Cowgirls SUCK!
Pwned!
Go Niners!
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From: Kirk Reynolds
Newsgroups: alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys
11/24/2009 10:35 PM
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Jamir Quay
Sanders Kaufman
"Kirk Reynolds" <49...@pr.49er.pr.com> wrote in message
news:hg4d7f$pcr$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> "Jamie Queer" <s...@00.ter> wrote in message
> You're right, Jeffy.
> It's prolly not your real name. Or your house there on Spanish Trail. No
> fucking way that a unemployed social security collecting dish waso her boy
> like you end up in a house like that
Actually, if you look at the demographics, there's a lot of folks in that
Plano neighborhood in the same boat.
I was surprised to learn that there are a LOT of folks there who grew up
there and never accomplished anything - except perhaps to outlive the
homeowners.
Even though they've had every benefit that America has to offer, their
character undermines it all.