Like everywhere else, Miami’s Dade County is feeling the pinch of a sour economy. But Shirley Gibson, who is running for the county commission has an interesting suggestion for cutting costs: She wants a cost review of Miami Dade County’s human-rights and domestic-partnership ordinances, according to South Florida blogger Steve Rothaus.
The measures protect LGBT residents from discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations—and establish a registry for same-sex partners, allowing county employees to share employment benefits with their significant others.
Gibson, a Democrat and current mayor of Miami Gardens, made the statement after receiving an endorsement from the right-wing hate group the Christian Family Coalition, which the Miami New Times claimed has “taken the reigns of Anita Bryant’s Miami anti-gay crusade.”
We suppose it could be worse: Gibson said she wouldn’t “initiate” a repeal of the ordinances. But SAVE Dade, the region’s leading LGBT rights group, can read between the lines: “To seek a cost review of the ordinances is code for ‘How do we remove protections from the LGBT community of Miami Dade County?'”said SAVE Dade director C.J. Ortuno. “The ordinances are essential in safeguarding [us] from discrimination.”
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Kevin
Gee, now if the other candidate agrees with saving money how about a “cost review” of other other programs such as women’s health initiatives, welfare, food stamps and other local programs that provide assistance for seniors and other minorities.
Oh wait, the Republicans are already doing that…
And she’s a Democrat??????
Joh
She looked at Jan Brewer and liked what she saw!
Not anti gay – just pro profit.
CowboyPhil
I say, tell here to go a step further, and take give back all those black human rights, being that she can’t afford them. Then she can get back to picking cotton. She wants to repeal human rights make sure she does all of them.
Macmantoo
If she wanted to save money then she would cut off the welfare receipiants but then she would cutting off some of her relatives pay.
Bob
Again, a black person who wants to deny another minority, now that she has all of her civil rights. She is a disgrace to the Democratic party!
Kev C
Shirley Gibon wants to legalize bath salts. So I’ve heard.
NormalAdjacent
@Macmantoo: How are you sure that her relatives are on welfare? Because she’s black?
Being an ass about someone who’s acting like an ass doesn’t help anybody.
Colin
@Bob: Exactly. Blacks are and always have been at the forefront of anti-gay measures and homophobia. And these are Democrats.
Colin
@CowboyPhil: @Macmantoo: LOL. True.
MeInOhio
Can we now just let FLA secede the union ASAP. They don’t like the rest of the union, they are a huge drain on the USA and don’t contribute much but sun and hurricanes. We can get sun elsewhere, and who wants hurricanes.
Joh
NOM and the GOP loves to see the gays go after the blacks.
And vice versa
It helps them both,
Not us!
Just saying.
Dennis
She should be thrown out of the Democratic party.
Vin
Would this be better if she was white? Would that make it more okay or understandable? Some of you guys have serious ISSUES! What she’s doing is wrong but not because she’s black. But I guess some blacks can’t let go of homophobia the same way some gays can’t let go of racism. Even scoreboard. No clean hands anywhere in sight.
Colin
@Vin: The only issue here is black people. That should be obvious since the story is about a black woman and the people commenting made good comments about Afro-Americans and civil rights.
Vin
@Colin: Well if that’s the angle you’re coming from, then what’s the problem? She’s a homophobic black woman, and you’re a gay racist. One in the same. The idea that minorities all share a general understanding is just silly. Just look at the myriad of ways gay men find to discriminate against each other. Under this Swiss cheese logic that all minorities empathize with each other, we’d all understand and accept each other based on being part of the most hated minority group in America. That’s not exactly the case at all, is it? Also found it interesting that all people who made comments about her race made no mention of her also being a woman (another oppressed minority group). You guys are so transparent that it’s easy to see what your real issue is.
HM
The gays aren’t “going after” the blacks.
The gays are going after people who should goddamned well know better.
hamoboy
@HM: You need to read what that bitch Colin is writing before you go saying “No racism here! Carry on”. As soon as I saw the picture of the homophobic politician, I knew there’d be racist shit in the comments, and sure enough Colin and his aryan purity twink buddies have shown up to underwhelm us all.
hamoboy
@HM: You need to read what that bitch Colin is writing before you go saying “No r@cism here! Carry on”. As soon as I saw the picture of the homophobic politician, I knew there’d be r@cist shit in the comments, and sure enough Colin and his aryan purity twink buddies have shown up to underwhelm us all.
Aquarelle
Black woman. Figures.
Colin
@Aquarelle: Seriously. We do such a great job impersonating them and this is how they repay us.
@hamoboy: LOL.
Colin
@HM: Couldn’t have said it better.
Jim Hlavac
Ah, just remember that Blacks vote 95% Democrat, consistently, for decades. They and their churches are vehemently anti-gay. Meanwhile, some White folks at Young Conservatives have come out for gay marriage. But somehow, I’m repeatedly told on so many gay blogs that Republicans are all against us, and Democrats are all for us. And then this delusion is destroyed over and over again. And I keep saying — each party is evolving — in different ways. For gayness knows no party — nor does it know any religion. There are examples strewn across the political and religious world that simply defy the simple (R) = again, (D) = for. The reality is much different.
tjr101
Funny everytime there is a story about a homophobe who happens to be black the same gay Republican trolls show up to comment.
Colin
@tjr101: “Funny everytime there is a story about a homophobe who happens to be black the same black apologist trolls show up to comment.”
Fixed it for ya.
Kev C
@tjr101: How do you those aren’t Democrat operatives trying to make gays look bad?
hamoboy
@Kev C: I like the inbuilt supposition that of course all gays are white.
@Colin: Gays like you are just rebuilding the same old supremacist society, just leaving out the LGBT from the groups allowed to be oppressed. Be original, be brave, try for a new and better society without ANY of the -isms our cultural baggage dumps on us.
Olive Austin
I’ve been wondering if we can afford the Emancipation Proclamation. Do we need to review that?
kawneekwa
No worries miss shirley. If times is bad I gots some extra ironin you can do. I knows you be good at dat!
tjr101
@Kev C: Because it is vital for gay Republicans like all other Republicans to create a wedge between gays and blacks, two core Democrat constituencies. You know this.
Ms.Peachez
These white sissies make me LOL with their white supremacist veiws.. Newsflash. Real white supremacist hate white fa88ots just as much as they hate the nijahs.
@kawneekwa: just like I’m pretty sho you’re good at being a pedophile.. I mean your kind are known for dat.. rite chile?