It’s been clear for a long time now that the pro-discrimination activists trying to kill the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) simply can’t be trusted to tell the truth. Their deceitful campaign has been filled with wild distortions and mistruths. So we’re not really surprised that Bob McNair, owner of the NFL’s Houston Texans, just announced that he is asking the anti-HERO campaign to return his recent donation to them. McNair released the following statement (emphasis added by TFN):
I recently made a personal contribution to Campaign for Houston because my thorough review of the HERO ordinance led me to believe that a thoughtful rewrite would provide a better ordinance that would provide strong non-discrimination protections for all Houstonians, which I would support, and would be less divisive of our city.
It was on these principles that I made my personal contribution to Campaign for Houston. To my great dismay, Campaign for Houston made numerous unauthorized statements about my opposition to HERO in print, broadcast and social media - including attributing certain statements of belief to me. Their actions and statements were never discussed with nor approved by me. Therefore I instructed the Campaign to return my contribution.
I do not believe in or tolerate personal or professional discrimination of any kind. I also believe that we Houstonians should have an ordinance that unites our community and provides a bold statement of non-discrimination. I encourage all Houstonians to vote on November 3.
Robert F. Kennedy once said, “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work together to change a small portion of events, and in the total of those acts will be written the history of our generation.”
Houston Unites, the campaign supporting the passage of the pro-HERO Proposition 1, released the following statement in response to McNair’s announcement:
“Like Bob McNair, many Houstonians are taking a step back and realizing the opposition’s ads on the Equal Rights Ordinance are intended to raise anxiety with outright distortions and, quite frankly, lies. When you take a second look, the Equal Rights Ordinance protects all Houstonians from discrimination and makes Houston a place everyone can be proud to call home. And that’s why the majority of small and large businesses in Houston support Proposition 1.”
By voting YES on Proposition 1, Houston voters can send a clear message that they reject the lies, hateful rhetoric and scare tactics of the extremists who want to keep Houston the only major city in Texas without a comprehensive anti-discrimination ordinance.
Click here to support the campaign for HERO, a city ordinance that protects everyone from discrimination in employment, housing and public services. And vote YES on Proposition 1. Polls for early voting are open now. Click here to find an early voting location near you. Election day is Nov. 3.
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More lies for Jesus from the Religious Right. Since when did lies become “Right Doctrine”?
To which I say nonsense!
McNair is walking back his “thorough review” because it’s going to cost him big bucks.
Sure, McNair probably has principles, somewhere, so long as they don’t cost him. Golf clap, McNair, golf clap.
In my 75 years on this planet I have never seen a man going into a ladies room: NEVER! The cretins who oppose HERO are simply hate anyone who isn’t them-radical, hate filled Christians who love to use the Hebrew scriptures to prove that homosexuals et al are an abomination while ignoring that so is eating pork, seafood, and other foods are also an abomination. For THAT the go to their so-called New Testament when mere MEN overturned what God had said. And, BTW, Jesus never said word one about homosexuals. Hypocrites!