Talk about dirty politics! Fort Worth City Councilman Chuck Silcox urged voters to endorse Chris Turner because his opponent, Joel Burns (pictured), does dudes.
This is an excellent time to have Republicans get out and support a Republican: Chris Turner. We have two people of opposite partisan politics, opposite philosophical persuasions and opposite sexual orientations. [Turner's] married to a female, and the other's married to a male. You make your own mind up.
Burns says he's not surprised by Silcox's sneaky, distasteful tactics and expressed his disappointment: "It is unfortunate that Mr. Silcox and Mr. Turner want to bring partisanship to a nonpartisan race."
Silcox defended himself and insisted he doesn't mean to be derogatory:
I'm not trying to be derogatory about the young man. I've never even met him …From what I understand, he is openly gay. I'm not saying good, bad or otherwise.
Well, actually, you sort of did.
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Throughout four of the five nations, including Canada, who have inclusive civil marriage laws, we have politicians of all stripes and on federal and local levels who seek and are elected to office as married men, albeit same sex married.
Mr. Silcox is from Fort Worth, TX, the "blue collar side of Dallas". This passive aggressive homophobe could well have said the same thing about a young black man years ago, and acheived the same outcome he seeks.
Again, some bloggers here speak about due process and incrementalism. Yeah right, it's 1863 to 1967 all over again….with the same pain and the same "due process" through -"separate but equal" – or gay bashing and no ENDA protections with any real teeth or meaning even when it excludes the transgender community.
ARRRGH! So let's fight back. Give Joel a donation to help his campaign. I just gave $50 through his page at http://www.victoryfund.org. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund endorsed him.
First, who would live in Texas? I'll pass on that, thanks. Secondly, why would I vote for a Republican, gay or otherwise? I wouldn't. However, Turner clearly tries to use the fact that Burns is gay against him politically. Despicable…as Republicans usually are.
As a California transplant living in Texas I like to think I'm trying to change the state from the inside-out. Or at least I tell myself that.
I'd love to use this to put down Fort Worth but Dallas politics saw the same thing in the last mayoral ballot with Ed Oakley. Unfortunately, the end will likely be the same for Mr. Burns.