Julian Castro
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has signed Freedom to Marry’s pledge in support of same-sex marriage, making Dallas the largest city in the country whose mayor hasn’t signed the pledge. Castro becomes the third mayor from Texas to sign the pledge, joining Austin’s Lee Leffingwell and Houston’s Annise Parker. San Antonio is the nation’s seventh-most populous city, and Dallas is 9th. The mayors of all eight cities larger than Dallas have now signed the pledge. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says he personally supports same-sex marriage but won’t sign the pledge. The only other mayor in the top 1o who hasn’t signed the pledge is Chuck Reed of San Jose, which is No. 10.
According to Facebook, the LGBT direct action group GetEQUAL is planning a demonstration at Kiest Park during a neighborhood meeting that Rawlings plans to attend on Tuesday evening.
This blog is now the most self-pity, neurotic, hand-wringing blog of all the blogs in all of the largest cities in the country. No mention of why or any analysis, or in-depth explanation needed.
wow!.I’m so tired of defending Dallas and LGBT issues,.even my friends in San Antonio have an impression that Dallas is regressive.
The article states he has a policy of not signing petitions and is not opposed to marriage equality. You don’t have be tired and you don’t have defend his decision. It’s his decision as mayor and not the view of the entire city.
My friends in San Antonio and elsewhere understand this.
I completely respect the mayor’s decision. If the mayor’s office signed other petitions and not this one then I would be concerned. The mayor is doing a great job so far and he is very open to diversity and Dallas. Perhaps those quick to judge without knowing the facts are in fact the closed minded ones.
yeahhhhhhhhhhh,castro…..
with dallas there should be NO FACTS OR REASON ,all ,gays are humans and we are supposed to be created equal.
its going to happen anyway , so why be the a–hole to prevent the future from happening ,like it or not gays will have all the rights straights have in the future …you can prolong it ,but u cant stop the future. there are thousand more gays yr after yr,,,and multiplying more and more. and think how many millions of gays there are that havent even come out.yet.. …one might even be president one day ,what do they think there going to do about that … shoot him cause hes gay , let be real…..