Anti-LGBT Activist Calls For Texas GOP To Move Convention Out Of Dallas Over Trans Protections

[TexasTowelie]

A spokesman for the group that repealed Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance is now calling on the Texas GOP to move its 2016 party convention out of Dallas over the City Council’s decision this week to strengthen transgender protections.

As we’ve reported, the Dallas City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to clarify transgender protections that have been in place since 2002. However, opponents are somehow alleging that Dallas passed a new “bathroom ordinance,” as they seek to capitalize on their momentum from Houston by attempting to repeal Dallas’ 13-year-old nondiscrimination ordinance.

Jared Woodfill, former chair of the Harris County GOP and spokesman for the anti-HERO Campaign for Houston, wrote in an email Thursday:

“Throughout the Houston campaign, the opposition argued that rejection of the Bathroom Ordinance would result in, among other things, conventions leaving Houston. We as a Republican Party have an opportunity to send a loud and clear message to the radical left by moving our 2016 Republican Party of Texas Convention from Dallas to another city. We should not reward Dallas with our business when its leaders brazenly reject the principles embodied in our 2014 Republican Party of Texas Platform. The Dallas Mayor and City Council sent us a clear message on Tuesday – they do not respect our values. It is now time for us to send a clear message and move the 2016 Convention from Dallas to another city.”

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