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Title: Houston Voters Elect First Openly Gay Mayor
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AP
URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/200 ... voters-elect-openly-gay-mayor/
Published: Dec 13, 2009
Author: AP
Post Date: 2009-12-13 00:28:22 by WhiteSands
Keywords: Texas
Views: 393
Comments: 11
HOUSTON - Annise Parker made history Saturday by becoming Houston's first openly gay mayor, seizing 53.6 percent of the vote in the city's hotly contested election. Conceding defeat, former city attorney Gene Locke thanked Parker. "I am proud she is now the winner. I congratulate her," Locke said. Of the more than 152,000 residents who turned out to cast ballots in the fourth largest U.S. city Saturday, 81,652 chose Parker -- some 11,000 votes more than were placed for Locke. The election battle leading up to Saturday's balloting was marked by fierce campaigning and anti-gay rhetoric. Parker is a lesbian who has never made a secret or an issue of her sexual orientation. But that orientation became focus of the race after anti-gay activists and conservative religious groups endorsed the 61-year-old Locke and sent out mailers condemning Parker's "homosexual behavior." Meanwhile, gay and lesbian political organizations nationwide rallied to support the 53-year-old Parker by raising money for her campaign and making calls urging people to vote. Locke tried to distance himself from the anti-gay attacks while courting conservative voters who could tip the race in his favor. Although Locke condemned the divisive rhetoric, two of his key supporters contributed money to a conservative political action committee that sent out an anti-gay mailer earlier this month, urging voters not to pick Parker because she was endorsed by the "gay and lesbian political caucus." Campaign finance reports show Ned Holmes, finance chairman of Locke's campaign, and James Dannenbaum, a member of the campaign's finance committee, each gave $20,000. Parker will replace Bill White, who is term-limited after serving six years and is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Several smaller U.S. cities have openly gay mayors, including Portland, Ore., Providence, R.I., and Cambridge, Mass. Houston, the country's fourth largest city, is predominantly Democratic and about 25 percent black and one-third Hispanic. About 60,000 of its 2.2 million residents identify as gay or lesbian.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Tejas. Every bit as liberal as California.
----------------------------------------------------------- That is great news, I am for gay rights!
Parker was the comptroller of the city, a city that is reportedly $1 Billion inthe red. The train wreck continues.
Pray for us. And our children.
Kathryn J. Whitmire
More evidence of fraudulent elections.
Not very likely with these statistics: "Houston, the country's fourth largest city, is predominantly Democratic and about 25 percent black and one-third Hispanic. About 60,000 of its 2.2 million residents identify as gay or lesbian. "
Tell you what, you want God to help you out? How about you start abiding by his word and get off your behind and help yourselves for a change?
Wow, thanks for your kind and christian words. You are right, my family has not done anything to help ourselves or anyone. My father spent his whole life fighting for this country. He went to jail for his efforts. My mother lives with me now, since my father has passed on, and cries to herself because she thinks she isn't doing enough for the cause of freedom. My sister was called Ron Paula because of her voluminous activities during the campaign. Her whole life revolves around the Campaign for Liberty. I helped organize the Houston End the Fed rally. I spend every loose penny I have to get my family ready for whatever may befall us. You are right, we haven't done ANYTHING to help anyone. There is nothing I hate more than idiots like YOU, Nebuchadnezzar, who have no clue who I am, yet propose to tell me that we haven't done enough. My whole family history is tied up in this fight. When you have spent fifty years in the fight, staring down Black Panthers who want to kill you, a short Jew from the Bronx, then you can tell me what to do. Otherwise, shut your pie hole.
How did her being Comptroller [i.e. in inthis case a tax accountant] have anything to do with why Houston is "reportedly" in the red?
No Stems No Seeds That You Don't Need...
San FranQueersco ! Isn't houston the new New Orleans !
Toss: ADL,CAIR and the Vatican into the pit they belong in.
#2. To: All (#0)
Houston Voters Elect First Openly Gay Mayor
But sexual orientation doesn't make someone a good or bad mayor
I sure hope Annise Parker is a good mayor
Love, Palo
#3. To: Palo Verde (#2)
#4. To: WhiteSands (#0)
#5. To: WhiteSands (#0)
#6. To: WhiteSands (#0)
Houston Voters Elect First Openly Gay Mayor
#7. To: We The People (#6)
More evidence of fraudulent elections.
Always look on the bright side of life.
#8. To: echo5sierra (#4)
Pray for us. And our children.
#9. To: Nebuchadnezzar (#8)
Tell you what, you want God to help you out? How about you start abiding by his word and get off your behind and help yourselves for a change?
#10. To: TXBSAFH (#3)
Parker was the comptroller of the city, a city that is reportedly $1 Billion inthe red. The train wreck continues.
#11. To: WhiteSands (#1)
Every bit as liberal as California.
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