Houston Bigot Who Bankrolled HERO Repeal Effort Labeled Anti
Feb 18, 2016 18:00:05 GMT -6
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Post by Logan on Feb 18, 2016 18:00:05 GMT -6
Houston Bigot Who Bankrolled HERO Repeal Effort Labeled Anti-LGBT Hate Group
The longtime anti-gay Houston activist who quietly bankrolled the campaign to repeal the city’s Equal Rights Ordinance has been labeled an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
SPLC on Wednesday inducted Dr. Steve Hotze and his Conservative Republicans of Texas into the civil rights group’s renowned hall of homophobic shame. Hotze has been fighting LGBT equality in Houston since the 1980s, and he contributed hundreds of thousands to the successful effort to repeal HERO.
The Texas Observer reports:
Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/02/houston-bigot-bankrolled-hero-repeal-effort-labeled-anti-lgbt-hate-group/
The longtime anti-gay Houston activist who quietly bankrolled the campaign to repeal the city’s Equal Rights Ordinance has been labeled an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
SPLC on Wednesday inducted Dr. Steve Hotze and his Conservative Republicans of Texas into the civil rights group’s renowned hall of homophobic shame. Hotze has been fighting LGBT equality in Houston since the 1980s, and he contributed hundreds of thousands to the successful effort to repeal HERO.
The Texas Observer reports:
“What we look at in the anti-LGBT groups is primarily the use of lies, of falsehoods, that have the effect of demonizing gay people,” SPLC senior fellow Mark Potok told The Texas Observer. “So, it’s not merely that they opposed the HERO ordinance; it’s the way in which they did it — the description of gay people as pedophiles and so on.”
The anti-HERO campaign relied heavily on ads suggesting the ordinance would allow men to enter women’s restrooms and prey on victims, even though no such incident has been reported in any of the more than 200 U.S. cities with similar laws.
Hotze, who recently said HERO was linked to a “Satanic movement,” didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. According to CRT’s website, the organization is dedicated to advancing “Constitutional liberties based upon Biblical principles.”
The anti-HERO campaign relied heavily on ads suggesting the ordinance would allow men to enter women’s restrooms and prey on victims, even though no such incident has been reported in any of the more than 200 U.S. cities with similar laws.
Hotze, who recently said HERO was linked to a “Satanic movement,” didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. According to CRT’s website, the organization is dedicated to advancing “Constitutional liberties based upon Biblical principles.”
Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/02/houston-bigot-bankrolled-hero-repeal-effort-labeled-anti-lgbt-hate-group/