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Gender: Male Orientation: More gay than Bi Out Status: Not hiding but not many people know Location: Chicago IL Age: 30 Posts: 4,295 Join Date: Dec 2009 | Anti-gay pastor accuses Mayor Annise Parker of promoting ‘GLBT agenda for Houston’ WATCH: Anti-gay pastor accuses Mayor Annise Parker of promoting 'GLBT agenda for Houston' Quote:
If LGBT Houstonians needed another reason to run, not walk to the polls, this video from mayoral candidate and Houston Area Pastor Council Executive Director Dave Welch should provide it:
The video, complete with soundtrack appropriate to the third act of a Lifetime original movie, attempts to suggest that Mayor Annise Parker, who is seeking re-election to a second term, has engaged in an insidious plot to advance the “gay agenda.” As evidence Welch provides the mayor’s executive order clarifying that the city’s employee nondiscrimination policy covers gender expression and identity, an executive order policy prohibiting police or city employees from barring transgender people from use of gender appropriate restrooms, and the appointment of Texas’ first out trans judge, Phyllis Frye (maybe Welch meant to say “trans agenda”). Welch also attacks Parker for the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau efforts to attract LGBT tourists, a tactic we’ve already seen in this race from candidate Fernando Herrera... WATCH: Anti-gay pastor accuses Mayor Annise Parker of promoting 'GLBT agenda for Houston' | |
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