Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea:
1. Farmers Branch Mayor Timothy O’Hare, best known for his efforts to crack down on immigrants, recently used his Twitter account to rail against the formation of a Gay Straight Alliance at R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton (screen grabs above). O’Hare wrote on Twitter on March 23 that the GSA “promotes homosexuality and transgender lifestyles … to our children.” Then he asked children and parents in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, “what do you plan to do about it?” In addition to his immigration crackdowns, O’Hare has led a controversial campaign for Farmers Branch to start its own school district and secede from the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, a proposal that will appear on the ballot in May. O’Hare is not seeking re-election. It’s unclear whether the GSA at R.L. Turner has been allowed to meet. Stay tuned to Instant Tea for more on this story.
2. A judge in California has ruled that Target can’t stop a grassroots group from circulating petitions in support of marriage equality outside its stores, according to the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News. Last Month the retail giant sought an injunction against Canvass for a Cause, saying the group was scaring away customers and creating the perception that the company supports marriage equality. Target is expected to appeal the judge’s decision.
3. The Delaware Senate approved a civil unions bill on Thursday by a vote of 13-6. The bill, which now goes to the House, would make Delaware the eighth state to legalize civil unions.
This was discussed at the Candidate Forum for Carrollton/Farmers Branch ISD candidates. You might have wanted to cover it because we had a 2 hour discussion on GLBT issues outside LBJ. One candidate, Randy Schackmann, running for Place 1, said that he didn’t oppose the group because it was gay, but because he didn’t want outside groups like LULAC coming into the schools to recruit because then we’d have “Sharia Law” and we couldn’t do anything about it. Yes, he said it. He said if the GSA was student driven he wouldn’t oppose it and that maybe he was too quick to assume it was not. His opponent, James Goode, said it was very clear that students had the right to organize and the group should meet.
Nancy Cline, running for Place 2, said her child goes to Creekview high and that they have an GSA there and its totally a non issue. (LOVE HER!). Her opponent, David Yarbrough, did not show up.
https://randyforschoolboard.com/index_files/Page645.htm
It’s only a matter of time until that O’Hare is found in the park bushes smiling like a doughnut.