Way To Go San Antonio!

After a contentious summer in which FOX Noise, Texas Republicans, Christobigots and the conservafool movement stuck their nose in this TBLG human rights fight in order to deny Mayor Julian Castro a victory (and because they are straight up haters), the San Antonio City Council passed on an 8-3 vote last night the revision to their non-discrimination ordinance that added gender identity and sexual orientation protections to the ordinance.

Mayor Castro is a rising star in Texas politics, and you know the GOP is 'scurred' of the prospect of him leading the inevitable blue wave that will sweep them out of power in the Lone Star State.  He supported the changes to the non-discrimination ordinance.

"This ordinance is about saying there are no second-class citizens in San Antonio," Mayor Castro told the AP. 

Damn skippy.   It also makes San Antonio the largest city in Texas to have those protections and you know the TransGriot wants the same thing to happen in Houston ASAP.

I am disappointed and pissed off that Ivy Taylor, the only African-American member of the San Antonio City Council joined with oppressors Elisa Chan and Carlton Soules in voting NO.

VOTE ON LGBT NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro - YES
District 1 Councilman Diego Bernal - YES
District 2 Councilwoman Ivy Taylor - NO
District 3 Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran - YES
District 4 Councilman Rey Saldana - YES
District 5 Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales - YES
District 6 Councilman Ray Lopez - YES
District 7 Councilman Cris Medina - YES
District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg - YES
District 9 Councilwoman Elisa Chan - NO
District 10 Councilman Carlton Soules - NO


VOTE ON VETERANS NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro - YES
District 1 Councilman Diego Bernal - YES
District 2 Councilwoman Ivy Taylor - YES
District 3 Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran - YES
District 4 Councilman Rey Saldana - YES
District 5 Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales - YES
District 6 Councilman Ray Lopez - YES
District 7 Councilman Cris Medina - YES
District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg - YES
District 9 Councilwoman Elisa Chan - NO
District 10 Councilman Carlton Soules - NO

Congratulations San Antonio!   Looking forward to the day in Houston when all TBLG people in our city are protected from anti-BTLG discrimination and not just those who work for the city.