Houston officially inaugurated its 61st mayor this morning. Annise Parker takes her place next to Kathy Whitmire as one of the only 2 female mayors the Bayou City has had in its history. After 20 years in the oil and gas industry, she was elected to Houston City Council, and for the past 5 years she has served as City Controller. She's a fiscal conservative, and was elected in a runoff as the first contender in a generation to defeat the hand-picked candidate of Houston's business establishment. She promises to help the city pull up its boostraps, get on its feet, and has a serious home-town loyalty that is refreshing. And, oh, yeah .... she's gay.
Today's inauguration allowed every Bible-thumping homophobe in the city with too much time on their hands to crawl out of the woodwork and exercise their constitutional right to protest this event. Their display of ignorance was both typical, and startling.
OK ... we've seen this before. What else?
Gee ... God hates all these people? Who knew? But wait, there's more .....
Apparently God hates cheeseburgers too, but likes people with green hair and odd hats. As long as they're not gay, I guess.