Houston Overwhelmingly Votes to Repeal ‘Bathroom Bill’

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Houston Overwhelmingly Votes to Repeal ‘Bathroom Bill’

HOUSTON, Texas — Residents in Houston, Texas voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to repeal the city’s controversial homosexual and transgender equality ordinance, also known by opponents as the “bathroom bill.”

As previously reported, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, an open lesbian, had promoted an “Equal Rights Ordinance” in 2014 designed to quell any discrimination in America’s fourth largest city—including any discrimination on the basis of “gender identity.” Most opponents were especially concerned about the “Public Accommodations” section of the ordinance, which would allow men to use women’s restrooms, and vice versa, if they identity with the opposite sex.

“It shall be unlawful for any place of public accommodation or any employee or agent thereof to intentionally deny any person entry to any restroom, shower room, or similar facility if that facility is consistent with and appropriate to that person’s expression of gender identity,” the ordinance states.

The only stipulation, according to the ordinance, was that people who use the opposite sex’s facilities must dress, behave, and clothe themselves in a way that is “consistent with the gender designation of the facility the person attempt to access.”

Last June, Houston City Council passed the bill, resulting in the creation of an initiative signed by area residents who requested that either City Council repeal the ordinance or that it place the matter on the ballot for voters to decide.

The matter soon turned into a lawsuit against Gov. Parker, which generated national attention after attorneys for the City of Houston subpoenaed several area pastors not a party to the lawsuit, and issued discovery requests demanding “all speeches, presentations, or sermons related to [the ordinance], the petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity…”

In August, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Houston officials must either repeal the city’s “Bathroom Bill” or place it on the November ballot for a vote. Officials opted for the latter.

On Tuesday, voters overwhelmingly voted to repeal the bill, defeating it 61 to 39 percent.

“I fear that this will have stained Houston’s reputation as a tolerant, welcoming, global city,” Parker said last night after the results were released. “I absolutely fear that there will be a direct economic backlash as a result of this ordinance going into defeat and that’s sad for Houston.”

But Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick, who opposed the ordinance, expressed satisfaction with the outcome.

“The voters clearly understand that this proposition was never about equality—that is already the law,” he stated. “It was about allowing men to enter women’s restrooms and locker rooms, defying common sense and common decency.”

“[The vote] was about protecting our grandmoms and our mothers and our wives and our sisters and our daughters and our granddaughters,” Patrick continued. “I’m glad Houston led tonight to end this constant political-correctness attack on what we know in our heart and our gut as Americans is not right.”

Some opine that city council might decide to revisit the issue at a later time and present an altered version of the ordinance for consideration.
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Excellent news, nice to know some people still have some common sense about them.
 
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This bill is disgusting, disgraceful and despicable , and based on blatant fear and hate -mongering. There is no sinister "gay plot " to allow men into women's rest rooms .
The whole thing is a pack of lies based on homophobic bigotry .
This is actually the "Homophobe agenda ". The bill is just an excuse to deny more and more rights to gay people in Houston and ultimately to get the US government to persecute gay people ALL OVER AMERICA .
The only "gay agenda " is EQUAL RIGHTS, which they do not have yet ! Gay people are not looking for an excuse to "impose" their lifestyle on anyone or to get access to children in order to molest
them, which is exactly what professional bigots in America dishonestly claim .
It's just the same as Hitler and the Nazis spreading fear and hatred of Jews in Germany decades ago . Same tactics, different victims .
 
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Even though I'm not gay myself, I'm sick and tired of hearing Christians whine about gay rights supposedly violating THEIR rights .
This is ridiculous .
How the heck does allowing gay people to marry interfere with the lives of Christians and cause them difficulties ? It does not .
How does this stop opposite sex couples from getting married and bringing children up ? It does not .
When blacks and women were finally granted the right to vote, did this violate or interfere with the voting rights of white males ? Of course not .
How do laws making it illegal to fire someone from a job merely for being gay violate the rights of Christians ? Such laws exist in only 21 US states - it shouldn't be legal to fire gay people anywhere in America !
 
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The Horn said:
Even though I'm not gay myself, I'm sick and tired of hearing Christians whine about gay rights supposedly violating THEIR rights .
This is ridiculous .
How the heck does allowing gay people to marry interfere with the lives of Christians and cause them difficulties ? It does not .
How does this stop opposite sex couples from getting married and bringing children up ? It does not .
When blacks and women were finally granted the right to vote, did this violate or interfere with the voting rights of white males ? Of course not .
How do laws making it illegal to fire someone from a job merely for being gay violate the rights of Christians ? Such laws exist in only 21 US states - it shouldn't be legal to fire gay people anywhere in America !
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Stop ranting, this thread isnt about gay marriage, its about people not wanting perverts in the wrong bathroom.
 
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There is no movement to allow men in women's bathrooms . This is a blatant lie spread by professional bigots. The anti-gay rights law is nothing but a smokescreen for depriving gay people of more anymore rights gradually .
 
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The Horn said:
There is no movement to allow men in women's bathrooms . This is a blatant lie spread by professional bigots. The anti-gay rights law is nothing but a smokescreen for depriving gay people of more anymore rights gradually .
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You don't know what you are talking about, this entire thing was a result of the houstons lesbian mayor and city councel creating a law to allow men in womens restrooms and vise versa.

It was overturned by the people.
 
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You don't know what you are talking about, this entire thing was a result of the houstons lesbian mayor and city councel creating a law to allow men in womens restrooms and vise versa.

It was overturned by the people.
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It's just so hard for any normal person to believe that anyone would go that far, that they can't even admit it when it's proven to them. :idunno:
 
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glorydaz said:
It's just so hard for any normal person to believe that anyone would go that far, that they can't even admit it when it's proven to them. :idunno:
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Oh not only did she make that law herself, she refused to put it on a ballet for the people to vote on, self declaring all the signatures collected to vote on it invalid, and then she tried to demand sermons from pastors that said anything "against" homosexuality - lawsuits flew like crazy and then the highest court in texas ordered her to either get rid of the ordinance or put it to a vote because she violated the law. It was also suspended untill this vote.

The people won.
 
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