Anti-gay rhetoric rises in race for Houston mayor

[WillParkinson]

Anti-gay rhetoric rises in race for Houston mayor
By The Associated Press
12.10.2009 8:42am EST

(Houston) Annise Parker’s mayoral campaign Web site bio reads like a catalog of campaign catchphrases: She has been Houston’s city controller and a member of City Council. She’s for job creation, against irresponsible spending and tough on crime.

Until the last line: “Annise Parker and her life partner, Kathy Hubbard, have been together since 1990. They have two children.”

Parker, 53, has never made a secret or an issue of being a lesbian. Not during her bid to be Houston’s next mayor nor in previous campaigns.

But others have. If Parker wins the Dec. 12 runoff election, Houston would become what’s believed to be the largest U.S. city ever to have an openly gay mayor – and that has catapulted Parker’s sexual orientation into the center of the race.

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[RKP5637]

1. Maybe all candidates should have 7x24 web cams in their bedrooms for the constituents

to view just so they know everything everyone does in privacy is OK with them. That's how insane this country can be... Maybe that would make the anti-sex elements of this country happy.

[dogday]

2. She has my vote n/t