Posted on 11/05/2015 5:22:30 AM PST by BradtotheBone
HOUSTON (AP) — The landslide defeat of a nondiscrimination ordinance in Houston has stunned LGBT-rights activists across the nation. They're now bracing for their opponents in other states to seize on the successful tactic of stoking fears over transgender people's access to public restrooms.
By a 61-to-39-percent margin, voters in America's fourth largest city on Tuesday rejected a broad equal-rights ordinance — extending protections in employment, housing and public spaces on the basis of race, sexual orientation, gender identity and other categories. Opponents prevailed with a campaign that dubbed the measure "the bathroom ordinance" and raised the specter of male sexual predators invading women's restrooms.
The outcome was "a devastating blow to equality," said the Human Rights Campaign, a national group advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
"It's almost unbelievable that this could happen in a city like Houston," said the campaign's president, Chad Griffin. "But make no mistake: If we don't double down today, we'll face the same thing again and again in cities across the nation."
The ordinance lost despite strong support from many major businesses, and despite its supporters' arguments that serious problems with bathroom access have been virtually nonexistent in the 17 states and scores of cities that have banned discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations.
"This is a national game-changer," said Jonathan Saenz of Texas Values Action, which opposed the ordinance. He described the result as "a massive victory for common sense, safety, and religious freedom."
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Can any Houston area FReepers tell me if there was any push back against the members of the council that voted this nonsense in in the first place?
I’m amazed that any pro-pervert law failed.
Transgender bathroom use was up for discussion at Cleveland city council. Some made the point that new (not existing) businesses should be required to provide a third, private bathroom for anyone to use. It would be for transgender use but also others, like dads with young daughters. Of course, that didn’t fit their goal. Luckily, the topic was tabled.
gee..i wonder if the GW alarmists ever tried this tactic??
“They’re now bracing for their opponents in other states to seize on the successful tactic of stoking fears over transgender people’s access to public restrooms.”
Restroom access should be determined by the difference of one letter. Whether one has a pole or a hole.
The "gender identity" thing was a bridge too far.
What should happen: A light should go off in the gay activists’ heads that they should stop pushing this bathroom access issue.
What will happen: They will judge-shop for someone who will toss aside everything the voters have to say on the issue with the stroke of a pen.
Arizona lost the Super Bowl one year because the state didn’t recognize MLK day as a holiday.
It’s really simple, at birth the government issues a piece of paper attesting whether the new person is male or female; live by that.
“a devastating blow to equality”
They call “equality” being able to impose their will on others. How much more Orwellian can it get?
The NFL is virtually unwatchable. In the Cowboys-Seahawks game last week, Fox surpassed their commercial goals before the end of the first half. There were extra commercials thrown in with every referee review, injury time out, etc. By the time halftime arrived, the other 3:30 game was nearly 10 minutes into the third quarter.
Living in Texas, we're just a week a way from that glorious six week period known as Texas HS football playoffs. Yeah, I know shenanigans take place with some of the major schools, but the pageantry and human interest can't be beat.
As one who has been a "band dad" and "drill team dad", with one more who will make me a "football dad", football drives the train for other extracurricular activities such as band, drill team, cheer squads, etc. At our school, the band boosters run the concessions stands during the year, and usually raise $500K in profits that go to supporting a 350+ strong world class marching band.
I know. You can always expect 13%-15% to be the most fringe radical leftist anarchist types, but who are the other 20%? I know that many people couldn't be that naive.
The real question should be,” Are there Gender-bender(Pervert) bathrooms in the Capital, White Hut and all Federal buildings?”.
Does Zero use a Gender-bender bathroom at the golf course?
“I know that many people couldn’t be that naive.”
Oh yes they can be. They see themselves as Debbie DoGooders, Of course, the results of their actions (vote) tend to accomplish the exact opposite, but they are myopic. And thus dangerous.
“The ordinance lost despite strong support from many major businesses, and despite its supporters’ arguments that serious problems with bathroom access have been virtually nonexistent in the 17 states and scores of cities that have banned discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations.”
Even if I accept the premise that the majority of transgender people in public restrooms are not committing any crimes while they are in there, these folks are complaining that they are being unfairly legislated against based on the heinous actions of a small number of non-representative transgender people?
Welcome to my RKBA life, sweetheart. How is that shoe fitting on the other foot now?
Nice contrast. When voters reject perversion, their leaders call for them to fight. When unelected judges tell us to accept perversion, our side whines, its the law of the land, and tells us to move on.
“Opponents prevailed with a campaign that dubbed the measure “the bathroom ordinance” and raised the specter of male sexual predators invading women’s restrooms.”
Under this ordnance there would literally have been no way to prevent any guy from saying, “I’m a woman trapped in a man’s body” and proceeding to go into the girl’s locker room and shower with them. It’d be awfully tempting for a lot of guys (though I’d have never had either the guts or the indecency to have done that when I was of “locker room” age).
How the backers of this ordnance missed that, I can’t understand - and thus the only conclusion that I can reach is that they clearly knew about it, and simply did not care.
One was a democrat, the other has a mental disorder.
Oh, wait......
“It’s really simple, at birth the government issues a piece of paper attesting whether the new person is male or female; live by that.”
Call it a “birth certificate”. Nobody could tamper with that.
I can agree with you there. They foolishly buy the carefully crafted propaganda of the sexual deviants, as planned, and then are afraid to be called a "bigot." They are dangerous in their stupidity and cowardice.
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