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In Houston: NAACP fully supports HERO!

The NAACP came out in support of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). Using Twitter and radio ads, the organization is in stealth mode to get the message out.

Here's more from their site

As Houstonians head to the polls to cast their early votes on Proposition 1, the NAACP and Houston Urban League—the city’s most prominent African-American organizations—are urging a YES vote to protect Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance.In addition to the radio ads, the organizations have purchased ads in print publications across the city, including images harkening back tot he 1960’s Civil Rights Movement with the tagline, “We were about equality then. We are about equality NOW.”

There’s no denying that discrimination is a real issue in Houston. In the last year, more than 60% of discrimination claims filed under Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance were on the basis of race. Without an equal rights ordinance, Houstonians would be forced to literally make a federal case out of it—and bear the burden of a costly, drawn-out legal battle. 

We’re proud to stand alongside allies like the NAACP and Houston Urban League in supporting an ordinance that ensures all Houstonians are treated fairly and equally under the law.

Listen to the radio ad after the jump

In Houston: Judge blocks same-sex city benefits

Really, Haters?

This fight against equality is disgusting.

A state district judge ordered the city of Houston to stop offering health and life insurance benefits to the married gay employees. The city attorneys will appeal this mess, since it was done before and they won!

These hate leaders are relentless! They are fighting this with everything they got and it's so ridic! And to make matters worse, there are 3 lawsuits against HERO... Mostly over the policy violating the gay marriage ban.

Don't they realize that DOMA is unconstitutional? That trying to hold on these bigoted views are... I can't with this folks.

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In Texas: Mayor Parker Drops Subpoenas against Anti-Gay Pastors

In an interesting turn of events, Mayor Annise Parker will withdraw its controversial subpoenas of five pastors tied to a lawsuit over the city's equal rights ordinance (HERO).

Days ago, I posted the press conference from the religious leaders, claiming they would rather go to jail than support HERO. After a meeting with these 'leaders', Mayor Parker decided to let it go.

Here's more:

The announcement came amid a national firestorm about the subpoenas, which have prompted outrage among Christian conservatives. Parker said two meetings yesterday, one with local pastors and another with national clergy, persuaded her to pull the subpoenas altogether.

"The goal of the subpoenas is to defend against the lawsuit and not to provoke a public debate," Parker said.

She is ordering the subpoenas removed for the sake of Houston, not because the request were in any way illegal or intended to intrude on religious liberties, Parker said.

"I didn't do this to satisfy them," Parker said of critics. "I did it because it was not serving Houston."

Here is a video that catch you up on the drama after the jump (autoplay)

In Houston: Haters failed in their attempt to repeal HERO

Ha Ha!

So, I told y'all about these anti-gay freaks trying to repeal Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) yesterday. Well, THEY FAILED!

The petition needed about 17,269 valid signatures from registered Houston voters, right? They didn't get that and they also didn't get the rule that the signatures needed to be VALID!

It's so funny because they bragged and boasted that they had over 30,000 valid signatures. Turns out, they only had 16,500 valid signatures. These cretins lied and cheated to put HERO up for a vote.

Too bad it didn't work... NOT

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In Houston: Haters may not have enough Signatures to Repeal HERO

Today, the Houston officials will announce if the petition to force a vote on the city's new nondiscrimination ordinance (HERO) will actually happen.

Haters claimed to have gathered enough valid signatures (31K) to repeal the measure in November.

However, it looks like a good chunk of them are not valid.

City Attorney David Feldman spilt the tea, saying that more than 5,000 pages fell short of legal requirements. In fact, many of the signatures were not qualified or registered Houston voters. See how these so-called Christians act? Anywho, we will know tomorrow if this foolishness goes any further.

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Hate Leaders deliver signatures seeking repeal Houston's Non-Discrimination Ordinance

After Houston passed the non-discrimination ordinance, religious leaders vowed to force the issue on a November vote. Well, they claim to have more than enough signatures to it.

A group of bigots turned in more than 50,000 signatures within the 30-day window of the ordinance's passing. They have to have 30,000 registered Houston voters for it to move forward.

Here's more:

"It has been shown and demonstrated that the people of the city do not want this ordinance," said pastor Max Miller, of the Baptist Ministers Association of Houston and Vicinity. "We simply say: Allow the people to vote on this ordinance."

Staff in the city secretary's office will have 30 days to verify the petitions, said Mayor Annise Parker, who pledged to fight the effort to overturn the ordinance should it make the November ballot.

"This was not a narrowly focused, special-interest ordinance," said Parker, the first openly lesbian mayor of a major American city. "This is something that the business and civic community of Houston was firmly behind and we fully expect if there is a campaign that it will be a spirited campaign, but we'll have the same outcome in November as we had around the council table."

This is silly. These so-called leaders are nothing but bigots in disguise.

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