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Houston biggest US city to elect openly gay mayor(Why she won: Hint, it's not that she's gay)
mywa7y ^ | 12/13/09 | MONICA RHOR

Posted on 12/14/2009 6:00:13 AM PST by bestintxas

Edited on 12/14/2009 6:02:13 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker after a hotly contested runoff.

Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote Saturday in a race that had a turnout of only 16.5 percent.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anniseparker; bluezones; culturewar; homonazi; homonaziagenda; homonazism; homosexualagenda; houston; lesbian; lesbonazi; lesbonaziagenda; lesbonazimayor; lesbonazism; mayorparker
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To: Gumdrop

The out of state homosexual activists contributed to her campaign because they thought it would be good for their agenda.

I want a mayor for Houston. Not some other interests.

Brown and White are carpet bagger who blow through town now and then but do not drop anchor here or care about the city’s past or future.


41 posted on 12/14/2009 12:08:39 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
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To: a fool in paradise

I thought she ran on a campaign of fiscal responsibility not on making everyone else gay or gay tolerant.


42 posted on 12/14/2009 12:14:33 PM PST by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: Eagle Eye

And Obama ran to the center in 2008. We shall see.


43 posted on 12/14/2009 12:28:19 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Trust me, I was dismayed when the first thing on channel two was her speech talking about how gays can do it too....but I did like the part where she said if they work hard and if they prepare themselves for success.

At least it didn’t sound like she was going to hand out patronage jobs based on gayness.

As you said, we shall see.


44 posted on 12/14/2009 12:46:30 PM PST by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: Eagle Eye

Not so much patronage jobs. But city paid benefits for same sex partners.

Think that will reduce the city budget?


45 posted on 12/14/2009 12:49:37 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
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To: Eagle Eye

I’ll add that I think she is competent to do the job (unlike say Lee P. Brown) but she has several agenda items (including “green” energy agenda items for Houston) that I oppose.

Man-made global warming is a fraud. Spending our tax dollars on such bunk is a waste of money.

It isn’t just about sex. It is about liberalism.


46 posted on 12/14/2009 12:51:28 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Not that I had a vote in this election but didn’t seem like any other vialble choices. IMO.


47 posted on 12/14/2009 12:57:58 PM PST by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: Cyclone59

What? I was saying that from the point of view of SoCons who joined in with Locke’s campaign, as they seemingly rather would have the corrupt Democrat than a gay woman.

I am in agreement with you. I am being critical of some “conservatives” who are so involved with being anti-gay that they would rather help grow government and arbitrary power over the individual than see a gay person triumph.


48 posted on 12/14/2009 1:44:43 PM PST by Skywalk (Transdimensional Jihad!)
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To: ExTxMarine

Did you misunderstand me, friend?

I think I’m in agreement with you. I basically stated what I believed was motivating some social conservatives to vote for Locke, not stating my own beliefs.

I’m libertarian anyway. I don’t care for leftist gay politics but then I don’t care for leftist identity politics, in general.

The fact that someone is gay, especially if open about it (closeted could mean vulnerable to blackmail,) is of no significance to me.

If there were a Ronald Reagan II who was even more popular and he said he was gay, I wouldn’t care a jot. It’s much more important that EVERYONE be free than worry about someone’s sexual proclivities, tendencies, etc.


49 posted on 12/14/2009 1:48:59 PM PST by Skywalk (Transdimensional Jihad!)
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To: Skywalk

I apologize for the tone then, as I read that you were more worried about the fact that a “gay” person won, instead of a crooked lawyer. My regrets.


50 posted on 12/14/2009 1:54:42 PM PST by ExTxMarine (Hey Congress: Go Conservative or Go Home!)
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To: Skywalk

Sorry, I read it as your view. And as far as the other posts stating that blacks voting for obama even if they are against his agenda is racism, I can not disagree with you on that statement. I will say that even if they voted against him they could easily tell the exit polls that they voted for him. Unfortunately we will never really know for sure.


51 posted on 12/14/2009 2:00:21 PM PST by Cyclone59 (I ROCK, Guitar Hero said so........)
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To: a fool in paradise
If you stayed home, you did not vote.

You are correct...

I live in the county-----not the city.....and I am packing my bags for Gillespie County ASAP....

52 posted on 12/14/2009 2:35:56 PM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: ExTxMarine

We’ll see where we are in Houston in 6 years. We will probably have the soccer stadium that we don’t need (we already have a billion dollars in other stadiums thanks to the corrupt Democrats and their corrupt pal Ken Lay).

We’ll see if we are buying bunk green energy service. We’ll see if we are buying new fleets of hybrid cars for the city. We’ll see if we are paying benefits for the unmarried sex partners of homosexual city workers.

We’ll see what kind of policies Mayor Parker spends on.


53 posted on 12/14/2009 3:35:54 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
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To: USS Alaska
You may be right.

Does Houston hold elections in even-numbered years?

54 posted on 12/14/2009 4:29:16 PM PST by Tenniel2 (Much intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep -- Saul Bellow)
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To: a fool in paradise

[We’ll see what kind of policies Mayor Parker spends on.]

I agree that several of her programs are going to be bad, but she has done wonders at balancing the budgets in the past years and I don’t think anyone can deny that.

But, with Locke, we would DEFINITELY have a soccer stadium that we don’t need and a complete run on the coffers of the city to cover-up the BS deals that Locke cut to get half these useless stadiums we have NOW!

We would continue to see metro-rail to parts of this city that don’t use them NOW, and won’t use them THEN! These are all things that I felt Locke would do.

It really was a lose-lose situation! So, I voted with my fiscal thought process.


55 posted on 12/14/2009 4:38:24 PM PST by ExTxMarine (Hey Congress: Go Conservative or Go Home!)
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To: Little Ray

Nope, this was a race between two liberals, we had no dog in this hunt.


56 posted on 12/14/2009 5:18:16 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: bestintxas

against gays


57 posted on 12/14/2009 7:36:09 PM PST by dalebert
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To: Night Hides Not

ya ..just ask illegals


58 posted on 12/14/2009 7:37:40 PM PST by dalebert
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To: Cyclone59

Those conservatives who put her in office shouldn’t complain when her administration promotes the sodomite agenda. They put her there, knowing she was a lesbian. Why vote for the other liberal(yeah,yeah, I know, Parker is a fiscal conservative. How conservative is she otherwise?)either? A write-in or even staying home would be better than such a so-called “choice”.


59 posted on 12/14/2009 8:15:43 PM PST by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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To: ExTxMarine

I want to terminate the unelected offices of the Houston Sports Authority. Let those fat cats get a real job and buy their own damned tickets for sporting events. Really now.

I mean it.

PS I voted against the stadiums. Bet many FReepers who oppose the soccer stadium are partly responsible for us being saddled with a billion dollar bill.


60 posted on 12/15/2009 9:29:16 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
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