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
Showing posts with label Chris Bell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Bell. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

State Senate District 17

Chris Bell (Democrat) lost the special (runoff) election held for the State Senatorial seat in District 17. A lot of hard work, resources, and money were spent on this and the Nov. 4th election.

He ran on the issues such as education and health-care reform for children, for example. He would have been a pro-equality elected official.

I helped the Chris Bell campaign with lit drops, phone-banking, and block-walking.

I got a terrific T-shirt for volunteering with the HRC.

Many organizations helped with resources and volunteers and money.

The demographics in this district are changing. We should plan for winning future elections and not dwell on the past, but learn from it.

The number of Texas State Senate Districts will remain fixed over time. There will not be radical district boundary redrawing. The new Senator Elect for Disctrict 17 is Joan Huffman. She won.

For the time-being.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

A Pro-Equality Texas

Chris Bell is the Democrat running to win a State Senatorial seat in a district that looks on the maps like a letter "S" on steroids that begins in Downtown Houston and continues to Louisiana. I have been volunteering to phone bank at their headquarters. The HRC and Equality Texas have been pouring resources into the collaboration with various organizations.

Chris Bell is the Pro-Equality candidate. His campaign headquarters are at Stella-Link and South Braeswood.

4019 S. Braeswood Blvd., Houston, TX, 77025

http://www.chrisbell.com/
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Phone Banking for Chris Bell

Saturday, the 22nd, I phone-banked as a volunteer for the Chris Bell Campaign! Hopefully, he will win this special election. Remember to VOTE!
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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Canvassing for Chris Bell

Campaign Headquarters:
4019 South Braeswood Blvd.

Sept . 6th I went canvassing with the HRC for the Chris Bell campaign.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Volunteering for the Chris Bell Campaign

I volunteered phone banking for the Chris Bell campaing for Special Election for District 17 today. Pictured near the water cooler is me, Jim. To the left is Justin Brown of HRC. He is also pictured by himself. The campaign headquarters are at: 4019 S. Braeswood



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Friday, July 18, 2008

Special Election for State Senate District 17

The Burnt Orange Report has an interesting story on the Special Election for State Senate District 17. Chris Bell is having his kick-off party at his new campaign headquarters July 20th. Lets help him with his bid for this Senate seat, and help the Democrats paint Texas blue.

Republican Kyle Janek officially resigned. Governor Perry will probably call the special election to fill this seat for November 4th.
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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.

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.
Enjoy!