Court whacks lesbian mayor for trying to pull switcheroo
Houston’s lesbian mayor, Annise Parker, who unsuccessfully issued subpoenas for the sermons of pastors, creating a nationwide furor, has been slapped down again by the state Supreme Court in her effort to defend an ordinance giving special rights to transgender citizens in employment and use of public places, such as bathrooms.
This time, the court has rejected her council’s wording – which critics says is deceptive – on the ballot voters will use to decide on the ordinance.
The court ruled Houston voters must decide whether they want the ordinance in their city and not whether the existing one should be repealed. Critics say the ordinance would allow men who pose as women to enter women’s restrooms, locker rooms and other gender-specific facilities....
