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Gay woman wins Houston mayoral race
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:40 am
by AYHJA
HOUSTON (AP) -- A lesbian candidate won Houston's mayoral election Saturday night, a vote that made the city the largest in the U.S. to ever have an openly gay mayor.
"This election has changed the world for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. Just as it is about transforming the lives of all Houstonians for the better, and that's what my administration will be about," City Controller Annise Parker told supporters after former city attorney Gene Locke conceded defeat.
Parker got 53 percent of the vote. More than 152,000 residents turned out to cast ballots in the fourth largest U.S. city.
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Re: Gay woman wins Houston mayoral race
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:25 pm
by Skinny Bastard
which one is he? :p
Re: Gay woman wins Houston mayoral race
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:35 pm
by darklighter1
st4lk3r b0y wrote:which one is he? :p
LOL! :laff:
Re: Gay woman wins Houston mayoral race
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:28 am
by raum
Politics have went to shit. I don't give a FUCK who politicos are fucking. As long as they aren't fucking their constituents.
Does it matter if she is a lesbian, or that she is the best for the job?
Re: Gay woman wins Houston mayoral race
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:16 pm
by AYHJA
Well, I guess that the point of the story isn't that she's gay or not, but that she ran as openly gay and won...So, I reckon to most folks, getting the right person for the job is what holds water...
Re: Gay woman wins Houston mayoral race
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:01 pm
by darklighter1
Über wrote:So, I reckon to most folks, getting the right person for the job is what holds water...
Not in Massachusetts. :(