Hank Gilbert for Governor

I Stand With Hank on LGBT

No statewide campaign in Texas history--Democratic or Republican--has ever addressed civil rights issues facing LGBT Texans in such a manner.

Knowing that discrimination exists in Texas and doing nothing about it goes against everything I stand for. I can promise you that this policy will prompt attacks on me and my campaign from every corner of the the right wing of the Republican Party. The rightwing noise box will go into overdrive attacking this plan and trying to convince Texans that it is "radical" or "wrong" or "immoral."

The office of governor is, among other things, a position from which to lead the state toward innovations in public policy which will lead to a better future for all Texans. For someone to seek that office—let alone attain it—and stay quiet on an issue they strongly believe in, because it is perceived as controversial or untimely, is unconscionable.

The issue of equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals is the new civil rights battle of the 21st century. When it came to the civil rights battles of the last two centuries involving African Americans and Latinos, Texas came to sit at the table of equality very late.

It is a mistake we cannot repeat. LGBT citizens in Texas deserve more. Our state must not relegate any Texan to the status of second-class citizens.

Hank, I stand with you in supporting your sweeping progressive policy statement on issues of importance to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Texans—including a call for civil unions in Texas designed to give LGBT couples the same rights and privileges as same-sex couples.

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0-25 of 108 signatures

Number	Date	Name
108	November 20, 2009	maria de jesus martinez
107	November 20, 2009	Ernest Halsell
106	November 19, 2009	Derek Darnell
105	November 18, 2009	Jim Fung
104	November 17, 2009	Tia Ables
103	November 15, 2009	Justin Ashton
102	November 13, 2009	Justin Voorhees
101	November 13, 2009	Joe Martinez
100	November 13, 2009	Jennifer Roberts Ratliff
99	November 12, 2009	Kendall Scudder
98	November 12, 2009	Richard Abraham
97	November 11, 2009	Kenna Giffin
96	November 10, 2009	Gayla Smith
95	November 09, 2009	Loretta Kappel
94	November 08, 2009	Susan Raybuck
93	November 07, 2009	Janell Rath
92	November 06, 2009	Josephine carrasco
91	November 06, 2009	Josephine carrasco
90	November 06, 2009	Hunter Jackson
89	November 06, 2009	Roberto J. Flores
88	November 06, 2009	George Erwin-Grotsky
87	November 06, 2009	Kirk Chen
86	November 05, 2009	mary hanrahan
85	November 05, 2009	edward S. meanley
84	November 05, 2009	Julie LeMay

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