Postcard campaign in run off election: "Don't vote for Annise Parker because she's GAY!!111!"

[ck4829]

The homophobic attacks against Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker have begun, and the first is a doozy. It's a postcard mailing to 35,000 people from local activist Dave Wilson featuring a picture of Parker and her longtime partner, which asks, "Is this the image Houston wants to portray?" and reads:

“I have nothing but compassion, respect and sensitivity towards those trapped in homosexual behavior. I have family members and friends who have been ensnared in this behavior, and I know something of the incredible pain and sorrow it has brought to them and their families. With God’s grace, I carefully balance this love and respect for these individuals with warnings about the promotion and demand for legal and political approval for homosexual behavior that will stifle religious freedom and trap millions of more people in its deadly grip. Therefore, I would ask you to vote against Annise Parker for Mayor."

"Dave Wilson, an electrician who has spent years pestering incumbent politicians of both parties, has turned his sights on Houston Controller Annise Parker. He says that Parker should not be mayor because 'homosexual behavior leads to extinction.' Wilson says he is mailing the fliers to 35,000 Houston voters who cast ballots both in the November mayoral election and in the 2008 Republican presidential primary. 'I'd like to energize the conservative Christian base in Houston, and get them to vote,' he said...'I don't see a good family, a Christian family, one man, one woman,' Wilson said. 'It's a picture of her and her mate being sworn in in public and that's the image I have a problem with.' 11 News asked Wilson what he believes is wrong with the city having an openly gay mayor. 'The openly gay lifestyle leads to extinction,' he said. 'You can't reproduce.'"

A poll published yesterday showed Parker leading her opponenet Gene Locke by a margin of 47-34.

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/houston-mayoral-candidate-annise-parker-attacked-with-antigay-flyer-warns-of-city-run-by-someone-tra.html

[noiretextatique]

1. what a fucking idiot.

"lifestyles" don't produce childen, dave...people do. lesbians and gay men can do and have children. so stop worrying you dense, but empty, head about that :puke:

[undeterred]

2. Extinction?

:rofl: That's a new objection.

[AndyA]

3. With the population explosion and Mother Earth straining to sustain us all,

a little more homosexuality seems like it would be a good thing.

It's the equalizer.

[gratuitous]

4. Yeah, we're right on the brink

Down to our last 7 billion people on the planet.

Honestly and no shit, how do some people even remember to breathe, fer crissakes?

[rurallib]

6. I often wonder who dresses them.

[kestrel91316]

5. Gays can't reproduce??? Somebody needs to tell that Cheney woman.......

[cloudbase]

7. The whole anti-gay thing

isn't playing very well here in Houston. There really are bigger fish to fry.