Dear Everyone:
Thank you for joining this face-book page: GLBT Petition. (Find it on face book) This is a face-book page dedicated to inspiring people to make the world more GLBT friendly.
At The Caucus I have been hearing about Yolanda Jones and Houston mayor, Annnise Parker, working to make Houston more hospitable for Trans-gender persons. More specifically; Annise has been signing Executive Orders.
I remember from the days I lived in San Francisco there was this thing called: Dining Out For Life. For those who may be in San Francisco, or are just visiting, please go to the restaurants that give a portion of their proceeds to help organizations that assist people with AIDS. There is a Dining Out for Life icon on my face-book page.
The Montrose Counseling Center, located in that other beautiful city called Houston, is another non-profit that does help GLBT people.
But most of all, ask your elected representatives if they support the petitions that was authored by Equality Texas and was on their web site available to download. (And I did download it.)
I downloaded the petition for Equality. They had some others as well. Hopefully, these petitions are making their way into the Democratic platform. Last year was a good year in Austin, according to the Equality Texas president at The Caucus (or whatever his title was. I was too distracted by the cute guy sitting next to me. It wasn't my partner, he never goes to these meetings.)
Click on the Pride Houston icon on my face-book page, or go to their website. Or, better yet, have pride in who you are. And be that person every day. That is the point of this, after all.
Life isn't a dress-rehearsal. We aren't back-stage at the opera. (The Houston Grand Opera in this town by the third coast.) We aren't in the orchestra pit, either.) Our feet are planted on Terra Firma and so are our liberal ideals.
Dine Out for Life, take part in this delightful San Francisco tradition. Or volunteer for Dining Out for Life. What better way to make the world a better place; one portion at a time. And what a city for restaurants. Legendary. You'll want to discard your return ticked from you jaunt to San Francisco. (They have used and new book stores to suit any taste or language.)
And remember, in a democracy you get to fire your representatives if they don't represent you.
Unfortunately Harvey Milk was assassinated and that is a permanent part of history. Once the ink and blood are spilled their mark can never be altered. But the story can be told again and again.
And it wasn't just part of a fiction and melody and Aria of Opera. In real life there is struggle too. But Harvey's ideas weren't killed. So read the book or see the movie: Milk.
-and be inspired to be yourself.
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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.
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.
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
"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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Texas Travel and Leisure Blog
It has articles on travel and leisure in Texas. Also, information pertaining to equality.
Enjoy!
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