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Which Houston Mayoral Candidate REALLY Supports Equality?

This issue is really important to me, because I have family and friends in the LGBT community who are still treated as second-class citizens when it comes to equal civil rights.

There is a New York Times article going around on Twitter that Annise Parker may make history as “the first openly gay woman to be elected mayor of a major American metropolis.” In it, however, Parker says “I always told voters the truth…” then goes on to state she has “no current plan to offer [same-sex benefits] for a referendum.”

I’m shocked that Annise Parker, the “openly gay” candidate, does NOT support same-sex benefits. The NYTimes article reports:

In a televised debate on Oct. 25, for instance, she was asked if she would push for a referendum to give benefits to the same-sex partners of city workers. A similar measure was soundly defeated in the past.

Ms. Parker has lived with her partner for 19 years and has two adopted children, so she has a personal stake in the question, but she replied that, while she supported the idea, she had “no current plan to offer that for a referendum.”

“Personally it’s very important,” she said, “but, as mayor of Houston, do I want to engage resources in fighting that battle, or do I want to tackle the budget? Do I want to tackle drainage? Do I want to try to put more police officers on the street? It’s the difference between the personal and what this city needs.”

Know Your Voting Rights … and Spread the Info!

The Voting Rights Project of the ACLU is dedicated to providing citizens with information and assistance in exercising their right to vote.  ACT this election year by sharing voters’ rights information with your friends, family, associates, and so on: http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/36695res20080909.html

To voice a voting rights complaint, call 1-877-523-2792, email ACLU at vrp@aclu.org, or click on one of the links at http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/36695res20080909.html

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