Houston Men! Occupy the Bathrooms While You Can!

By Kim D.

Hurry up guys - now's your chance to takeover the ladies' room because the fun could possibly end on June 30th. At the end of May, the Gaystapo and lesbian activist Mayor Annise Parker convinced the Houston City Council to pass the HERO ordinance.

Under the guise of providing equal rights for all citizens (which already is Houston law), the HERO ordinance specifically guarantees non-discrimination rights to gay and transgender people. But, if a law is created to focus on the rights of one, small sector of the city, can it really be called equal and fair?

Not according to Houston pastors, church members, and politically active citizens who have formed the coalition No Unequal Rights, whose motto is “Equal Rights for all, not Unequal Rights for a few." They claim that when an elected body fails to act in accordance with the will of the people and/or their oath of office to uphold and defend the Texas and U.S. Constitutions, citizens in Houston as well as most cities in Texas have the right to engage in what is called “Legislation By The People,” through “direct legislation by the initiative and referendum.”

The coalition has begun the petition process which must collect at least 17,000 signatures from residents, who are eligible to vote for mayor and city council, by June 27th. Once signatures are verified, if the goal has been reached, the HERO ordinance will be suspended on June 30th and most likely reappear on the November 4th ballot.  

The coalition offers nine, key points about the Hero ordinance for Houston citizens to consider:

1. It will by government decree open thousands of women’s restrooms, showers and girls locker rooms in the city to biological males! Predators and peepers can use it as cover to violate our women and children! 
2. As has already happened in other states, business owners will be forced to violate their faith, beliefs and consciences.
3. It is patently offensive to claim that a sexual lifestyle or gender confusion are equal to skin color,
4. Where is the “emergency”? This ordinance is SIMPLY NOT NEEDED. 
5. Protections against wrongful discrimination based on legitimate protected classes such as race, ethnicity, religion and sex are already specified in state and federal law.
6. The definition of “Gender Identity” is infinitely vague.
7. This leaves businesses vulnerable to prosecution and litigation they cannot avoid.
8. Why should the 99% of the population who are NOT gender confused be forced to accommodate the less than 1% who are?
9. Places inappropriate investigative authority under the office City Attorney as compared to its purpose under city ordinance.