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Posted on 12/28/2013 9:16:03 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Although Mayor Annise Parker has vowed that she and her longtime partner, Kathy Hubbard, will not wed until gay marriage is legal in Texas, in recent interviews the mayor has softened her stance.
"The world is changing so fast, maybe I won't wait that long," Parker said last week in a year-end interview with CultureMap when asked when she would marry. "I'm no longer worried that (gay marriage in Texas) is not going to happen in my lifetime. After the Supreme Court ruling and the number of states that now have equal marriage, it's coming."
Since then CultureMap has learned that Parker and Hubbard are making wedding plans. Several sources close to the couple said they plan to marry in mid-January in a low-key ceremony in Palm Springs, Calif.
California is one of 18 states that currently recognize gay marriage. Couples who wed in a state that allows gay marriage are treated as a married couple for federal tax purposes, including income and gift and estate taxes, no matter where they reside, and also receive the same rights for immigration purposes. The policy on Social Security and other federal benefits has not been determined.
The couple would also be eligible for city of Houston health and life insurance benefits. In November, Parker announced that same-sex couples who have legally wed in a state that recognizes such marriages and work for the city of Houston can receive the same health care and life insurance benefits as straight couples. Harris County Republicans are challenging the ruling in court.
During the CultureMap interview Parker was asked what living person she most admires and named Hubbard. "Frankly, Kathy is the person I've lived with for the last 23 years. She is the most scrupulously honest person with the highest integrity that I have ever met," Parker said. "We each think we married up, and are constantly trying to impress each other after all these years. "
When asked to elaborate on the couple's wedding plans, the mayor's press secretary, Janice Evans, send this email: "The mayor very much appreciates the interest in the 23-year relationship she has shared with her life partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard. However, marriage is a private matter and she has no announcements she wishes to make at this time. If that changes, we will let you know."
January is shaping up to be a busy month for Parker. She will inaugurated for her third — and final — term as mayor on Jan. 2.
Send them some dental floss for the honeymoon.
It’s more likely that they’re registered at Snap-On Tools.
I was looking to get them some cabinetry. Tongue & groove. Maybe some carpet.
I am sure she is a good Christian and is remaining pure until marriage. Her partner I am sure is a Virgin and untouched and of course she is tired of staying celibate until she can marry her friend.
Who is this witch kidding?
Killing another city.
She longs for the day when she and her girlfriend are no longer living in sin.
Well, when you elect a lesbian, you get a lesbian.
These people need to be segregated, concentrated and detained before they contaminate more normal people with their mental disease.
By the time Parker leaves office, Houston will be like Detroit of maybe even destroyed.
For what it's worth, Houston was used as Detroit in the 2nd Robocop movie.
She looks like one of those characters from the infamous MenWhoLookLikeOldLesbians website.
So ... Kathy Bates for the film version ...
You’re wrong, I think. If the SC upholds the Utah decision, we’ll have gay marriage in every state in 2014.
That will only happen when one or both pass on.
Yeah, well ... so do I these days. < |:(~
Houston is an armpit.
Some of us in Houston call her Mayor Porker. We learned that from Michael Berry, conservative radio host!
Annise is an annuse.
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