In two clips released ahead of Tuesday’s election in Houston, Texas, actor and activist Matt Bomer and Michael Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay draft pick, ask Houstonians to vote YES on Proposition 1 to keep the LGBT-inclusive Houston Equal Rights Ordinance.
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The hotly-contested ordinance is a broad measure that would consolidate existing bans on discrimination tied to race, sex, religion and other categories in employment, housing and public accommodations, and extend such protections to LGBT people.
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The outcome is considered uncertain. Two recent polls commissioned by Houston TV stations showed supporters of the ordinance with a slight lead, but each poll indicated that about one-fifth of likely voters were undecided.
Opponents contend the ordinance would infringe on their religious beliefs against homosexuality. Copying a tactic used elsewhere, they also have labeled it the “bathroom ordinance,” alleging that it would open the door for sexual predators to go into women’s restrooms.
Watch the clips below:
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Sam looks hot since he got the teefs fixed. He has fairly good screen presence, I could see see him making it in the media if that’s what he wants..BUT first he’d need to work on his voice and the way he slurs or swallows his words. Maybe it’s the accent?
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Actually maybe he’s got a rare masc lisp going on?
ingyaom
Was Matt speaking from the Titanic?
SportGuy
@ingyaom: LOL! It’s the set of American Horror Story: Hotel, which is awesome so far!
Captain Obvious
I’m honestly surprised Michael Sam still counts as a celebrity. Is he trying to be the gay male version of Kim Kardashian?
Xzamilio
@SportGuy: It’s really not.
jag4313
I’m from Houston and I voted YES on Prop 1!
Masc Pride
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: I didn’t hear a lisp, but he looks and sounds like a 45 year old.
@Captain Obvious: Trying to be?
@Xzamilio: Agreed. It’s awful and seems thrown together. Think they just panicked with Jessica Lange gone.
stanhope
Michael its time to get off your ass and doing these interim “punk” moves. DO SOMETHING BIG before you fade completely into oblivion. Get a book deal, be a gay face of Black Lives Matter to help reverse this Black community is homophobic bullshit. Start a real foundation to help people. Start football camps for poor kids see Tiger Woods Foundation clinics. Start NOW. You’re beginning to look both pitiable and pitiful.