Congratulations Annise – and Houston

Posted by Vivian J. Paige ⋅ Sunday, December 13, 2009 ⋅ 10 Comments

Annise Parker was the first openly gay person elected mayor of a large US city Saturday. Houston is the fourth largest city in the country. Congratulations to Ms. Parker – and to the voters of Houston.

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10 Responses to “Congratulations Annise – and Houston”

I hope for the day that a person’s political accomplishment will be the main story rather than their sexuality.

I don’t give a damn whether she’s gay, straight or maroon.

I say “Congrats on winning Mayor of Houston”, and that’s all.

Posted by southsidecentral | Sunday, December 13, 2009, 12:47 am
- I’m hoping for that day as well. In the meantime, I think it’s worthy to note that the voters in Houston didn’t think it mattered – at least not to enough of them to deny this well-qualified person the opportunity to serve.
  
  Posted by vjp | Sunday, December 13, 2009, 12:00 pm
  - The only people politicians serve are themselves.
    
    Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Sunday, December 13, 2009, 4:02 pm
From her website bio: “Annise and her life partner, Kathy Hubbard…” (puke!)

Further proof that Texans can’t read.

When I lived in Tulsa there was a saying amongst the roughnecks that went something like, “…the only thing that comes out of Texas are steers and queers…”

I didn’t know that the saying had real political significance.

Posted by Clairese Lippincott | Sunday, December 13, 2009, 11:08 am
The idea that her sexuality is anybody’s business but hers, disturbs me. I don’t care if politicians are gay, straight, faithful to their spouses or unfaithful, I just want them to be qualified and capable of doing the jobs we’re electing them to.

Posted by Steve Vaughan | Monday, December 14, 2009, 10:18 am
- That’s fine that you don’t care. But if no one ever knew someone who was gay, then the people who seek to demonize gay people win.
  
  Posted by tx2vadem | Monday, December 14, 2009, 6:40 pm
- If a person is not a faithful spouse, how can you expect him to be a faithful public servant?
  
  Character matters.
  
  Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Monday, December 14, 2009, 11:07 pm
Anon: Ridiculous.
“If a person is not a faithful spouse, how can you expect them to be an honest plumber?”
People’s personal lives and their professional lives don’t have anything to do with each other.
Case in point: Tiger Woods, hell of a golfer. Not such a good husband.
Does character not matter in sports?
We need more of the “mind your own damn business” brand of conservatism in America today.

Posted by Steve Vaughan | Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 10:14 am
- Is politics a sport? No. Politicians, supposedly, we elect to fulfill their campaign promises. One is either trustworthy, or one is not. We put tremendous power into the hands of our politicians. The power to tax, the power to regulate, even the power to kill.
  
  And you do not care whether they are trustworthy?
  
  Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 5:33 pm