Really, Houston?? (Mart: crimes, credit, attorney)

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by testmo

One of the churches pushing anti hero knowingly employed a sex offender put him into a public school to recruit families and are saying they arent responsible after he raped a girl. Anyone have an update to that story about second Baptist?

Wait, really? Any link to that? That's pretty awful.

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by Gunion Powder

So not being comfortable with grown men using the same restroom as your daughter is a sign of immaturity?

I'm all for equal rights, but some things may just be crossing the line.

This statement shows two things:
1. That you don't understand anything about transgendered people.
and 2. That you're not actually "all for equal rights". You would have to be educated on the issues to be for something, and you're not.

[testmo]

Houston chronicle ran several articles. Girls parents are suing. Article December 2011. Cant find the date frombthe newer article I read about the parents lawsuit against the church and school district. Still looking

The real perverts are the ones raising money to defeat HERO

[texsn95]

Originally Posted by Pine to Vine

Well, I beat you to the punch. We moved from Houston to Philadelphia when I retired 5 years ago. This sort of nonsense was a contributing factor. While Houston made a highly publicized self-inflicted error, our new home took one step further in the other, more progressive direction: Phila. voters make LGBT post permanent

Thanks for doing Houston a favor.

[War Beagle]

Originally Posted by gwarnecke

They don't see the point in tying up city resources to address discriminatory cases that the federal gov't already provides avenues for pursuing (duplication of effort).

Not just that, but transwhatevertheyarecallednows are an infinitesimal segment of the population. Despite the heavy representation in the media, gays are only estimated to be 2-5% of the populations. Tranhumans have to be MUCH smaller than even that. So one valid criticism that has nothing to do with morals or religion is that it is silly to spend public resources on a group of people that are a fraction of a percent of the population.

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by gwarnecke

I don't even consider myself that conservative, at least not on social issues, but I'm disgusted by the generalizations thrown out by supporters of HERO. There are plenty of people who voted it down for reasons that have nothing to do with bigotry or bathrooms:

They don't see the point in tying up city resources to address discriminatory cases that the federal gov't already provides avenues for pursuing (duplication of effort).

In light of the fact that equal rights are already guaranteed by the Constitution and enforced by federal law, they see HERO as grandstanding by the mayor and city council in attempt to distract voters from longer-term issues facing our city that everyone loves to complain about but that no politician can realistically resolve during their time in office (crime issues, roads, etc).

They're rightly offended by last year's subpoenas of church sermons and feel that a vote for HERO is a show of alignment with those who orchestrated this.


Anyways, anyone who would make a decision about whether to move themselves or their business to Houston based on the outcome of a single municipal election is a moron who doesn't deserve to live in our fine city.

Sorry, but this is nonsense. The Constitution doesn't guarantee equality in the way people seem to believe. Otherwise, there never would've been slavery. Women would've always had the ability to vote. Gay people would've always been able to marry. Same with 2 people of different races. Segregation wouldn't have existed. Need I go on?

Most states still have no laws protecting gay people from housing and employment discrimination. There is no federal law either, outside of government workers.

[testmo]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

Wait, really? Any link to that? That's pretty awful.

Chronicle oct 6 2014. The straight baptist rapist name is chad foster.

Where is the outrage here? Where's the protests against these churches?

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by 3shipguy

It creates a gray area where a pedophile/sex offender can claim gender identity as a defense during trial.

That defense doesn't absolve one from a charge of pedophilia or sexual assault. They're completely unrelated. Why in the world would anyone think it did??

[Charlestondata]

Columbia, South Carolina, just booted out an anti-LGBT-rights at-large city council rep who was elected partially on LBGT support but then nearly died from an ailment and had an epiphany that he said changed his life and made him rethink what's really the truth versus relativism. He started voting no at City Hall on ordinances that have advanced the city's LGBT rights. He came in a weak third yesterday. The two candidates who will now have a run-off in two weeks each support Columbia's LGBT community. Disappointed Houstonians could stay and fight or move to Columbia.

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by War Beagle

Not just that, but transwhatevertheyarecallednows are an infinitesimal segment of the population. Despite the heavy representation in the media, gays are only estimated to be 2-5% of the populations. Tranhumans have to be MUCH smaller than even that. So one valid criticism that has nothing to do with morals or religion is that it is silly to spend public resources on a group of people that are a fraction of a percent of the population.

So people should only be considered from a legal perspective if they are part of a demographic that makes up an unspecified % of the overall population?

You know how awful that sounds, right?