PETITION FOR TEXAS

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PETITION THAT I PROPOSE FOR ALL TEXANS WHO WISH TO IMPROVE THEIR STATE (IT WILL ALSO WORK FOR OTHER STATES):


DEAR SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE____________________,

I, (NAME)__________________________________,
RESIDING AT THE ADDRESS OF , (ADDRESS)__________________________________,
ATTEST THAT I AM YOUR CONSTITUENT.

I AM SIGNING THIS PETITION TO IMPRESS UPON YOU MY CONVICTION THAT PERSONS BELONGING TO THE GAY, LESBIAN, BI-SEXUAL, AND TRANS-GENDER COMMUNITY, HENCEFORTH REFERRED TO AS THE GLBT COMMUNITY, ARE DESERVING OF ALL THE RIGHTS THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED UNIVERSALLY.

I SUPPORT, GENERALLY, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ENSURE GLBT INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN SUCH THINGS AS EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, VISITATION, MARRIAGE AND ADOPTION RIGHTS.

MORE BROADLY, I AM OF THE CONVICTION THAT RIGHTS THAT ARE ENJOYED BY SOME, SHOULD BE ENSURED FOR ALL. AND THAT NO GROUP SHOULD BE UNDULY EXCLUDED FROM THE RIGHTS NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, AND THE BETTERMENT OF ONE'S FAMILY (USING THE BROADER DEFINITION OF THE WORD).

MY SIGNATURE AFFIXED HERE:________________________
DATE:_______________


THE GLBT PETITION FACE BOOK PAGE.

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas

P.O. Box 12905, Austin, TX 78711-2905, T 512.478.7300 F 512.478.7303 www.aclutx.org

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Sue Lovell

Harris County & Oak Forest Democrats Back Sue Lovell

Houston Vice Mayor Pro Tem Sue Lovell won two endorsements from Democratic organizations this week in her campaign for re-election to Houston City Council At-Large Position 2.

Thursday night, the Harris County Democrats endorsed Lovell in a landslide vote at a packed meeting.

“Thank you Harris County Democrats!” said Lovell. “I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have the support of my home club - I can’t imagine running a campaign without the Harris County Democrats on my team.”

Lovell was also endorsed by the Oak Forest Democrats Wednesday night. “I am honored by this endorsement,” Lovell said. “And it is very exciting to see neighbors organizing to improve this great city.”

Sue Lovell is completing her second term as Houston’s City Council Member At-Large, Position 2. She also serves as Vice Mayor Pro Tem – a position to which her colleagues on the City Council elected her unanimously – and chairs the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, and Aviation Committee and Quality of Life Committee. Lovell worked closely with Mayor Bill White to pass the city’s budget that preserved vital services without raising taxes and added more police officers to the force.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

From Carl Whitmarsh

Congratulations to those men and women who merited and were rewarded with endorsement of their candidacies by the HGLBT Political Caucus. Special congratulations also go to President Kris Banks who is being universally applauded for running a fair, speedy and orderly meeting.....(in other words Kris knows Roberts Rules of Order!)

THE CAUCUS ENDORSES

The Houston Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgendered Political Caucus met on Wednesday evening to endorse candidates in the 2009 Houston municipal elections as well as HISD Board of Trustee elections.

Those candidates screened and then endorsed by majority vote of the membership assembled are:


* Ronald Green Houston City Controller
* Lane Lewis Houston City Council District A
* Anne Clutterbuck Houston City Council District C
* Wanda Adams Houston City Council District D
* Michael Laster Houston City Council District F
* Ed Gonzales Houston City Council District H
* James Rodriguez Houston City Council District I
* Herman Litt Council At Large, Position 1
* Sue Lovell Council At Large Position 2
* Melissa Noriega Council At Large Position 3
* Noel Freeman Council At Large Position 4
* Jolanda "JO" Jones Council At Large Position 5
* Alma L. Lara HISD Trustee, District I

Previously endorsed for the Office of Mayor is the Honorable Annise Parker

The HGLBT Political Caucus, founded in 1975 and the South's oldest Gay Civil Rights organization is currently headed by President Kris Banks.

Kristopher A. Banks, President
HGLBT Political Caucus
PO Box 66664 | Houston TX 77266-6664
www.thecaucus.org
kristopherabanks@gmail.com
281-797-1507

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Carl Whitmarsh
American, Texan, Houstonian
and DEMOCRAT


For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die
Senator Edward Moore Kennedy D-Mass
Address to 1980 Democratic National Convention, New York City

Tea Party

"Indeed, the rightward tilt of the state's GOP electorate permitted another Tea Party insurgent to mount a respectable run without serving as a spoiler to Perry's similarly themed campaign. Debra Medina, a darling of the far right, recently made headlines for questioning the government's involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but came in with about the same 16 percent showing that polls registered prior to her gaffe. -http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100304/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1213


The rightward slant of the Republican party in Texas portends ill for its citizens and residents alike. A state already gerrymandered to the Republican's advantage, allowing a comfortable margin for incompetence, is being pulled toward a radical part of the political spectrum.

The Tea Party rejects any workable form of federalism where the Federal government plays a necessarily central role in funding large projects, such as roads and dams, and provides funding for necessary functions, such as public education.

"But by the time Republican voters went to the polls here in a primary on Tuesday, the political ground had shifted under Senator Hutchison, who lost in a three-way race to Mr. Perry." -link to NY Times Article.

The Tea Party candidates posit themselves as outsiders. But, Rick Perry has been governor for over 10 years.

http://www.billwhitefortexas.com/


If you really want change, elect someone who hasn't been governor for 10 years. Bill White handily beat several other Democratic challengers, and, Bill White doesn't have to hide under a false agenda.

The Tea Party is a mis-informed tax revolt married to a wild-eyed dream of secession. All States require federal money to complete big projects because this is the tax money not hijacked by regional petty thievery, and, back-stabbing. It provides the wealth to the communities too poor to educate their own children or pave their own streets. And it provides a necessary counterweight to local lapses in judgment.

Don't leave the future of Texas in the hands of a movement that would send us back into the Dark Ages; where a decent education is a luxury, and a decent life is a far-off dream. This is the movement that would deny you your unemployment benefits. In fact, Governor Perry already has.

Capitol Building -Austin

State Capitol Complex:
11th and Congress.
Parking at the intersection's southeast Corner, and 1500 block of Congress.
Larger than any other state capitol.

Texas Employment Law

"Texas employment law does NOT prohibit workplace discrimination and/or termination based upon sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status." -Equality Texas


"The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), federal legislation that would add sexual orientation as a protected class against discrimination, has been proposed but failed in the past few years. But it is expected that President Obama and the a stronger Democratic majority in Congress will pass and enact the law in 2009." -HRHero.com

http://www.hrhero.com/topics/sex_discrimination.html

Texas Travel and Leisure Blog

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Texas Travel and Leisure Blog
It has articles on travel and leisure in Texas. Also, information pertaining to equality.
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