NFL Owner Fighting LGBT Inclusion in Houston Nondiscrimination Bill

NFL owner Bob McNair

As if rational Americans needed another reason to dislike the state of Texas.

"Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has donated $10,000 to Campaign for Houston, an organization that opposes the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), a nondiscrimination law that's up for a vote on November 3rd.

While the ordinance provides wide-ranging nondiscrimination protections for Houston residents and visitors, including in cases of race, sexuality, gender, disability, nationality, and religion, the Campaign for Houston has centered in on LGBT protections...

...The NFL's interest in Houston's nondiscrimination ordinance goes beyond McNair... The city is set to host the Super Bowl in 2017...

...Houston is one of the only major cities in the United States without a nondiscrimination ordinance in place.  If the law is not passed next month, it could send a signal to organizations like the NFL that Houston isn't a safe place to hold big events.

McNair addressed his donation in a statement released by Texans communications director Kevin Cooper: ...

..."I strongly believe that everyone who lives or works in or visits Houston should be treated with the utmost dignity and respect.  Because of the way the HERO ordinance is written, it has begun to separate rather than unite our community.  This problem can be solved by defeating the current bill in November, thoughtfully rewriting it and resubmitting it to the voters."

eye'm thynkin':  Translation:  Remove all LGBT protections from the law and everything will be sunshine and roses in Houston. 

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