Lane Lewis
Denis Dison at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund alerts us to this letter from a Houston minister attacking Lane Lewis, the openly gay former president of the Houston GLBT Political Caucus who’s running for Harris County Democratic Party chair. Lewis has been serving as interim party chair since December, and last we checked, Houston hadn’t fallen into the Gulf of Mexico. The author of the letter, the Rev. Willie J.Howard, said he’s organizing ministers in support of Keryl Douglas, who’s running against Lewis. Here’s an excerpt from Howard’s letter:
I am writing to you because Keryl is in a close race. Her opponent is openly Gay and has already told supporters behind closed doors that the Democratic Party will endorse a Gay Marriage agenda in November. Friends, this is not the direction we need to go as a community or Party. If the gays take over we are poised to lose everything we have worked for during President Obamas historic win. The Republicans will rally their troops behind a united front of making sure this push for same sex marriage is defeated.
Keryl’s opponent is being supported heavily by Annise Parker, another openly gay politician. If you haven’t seen what has happened at the City of Houston here are the facts:
• More Gays and Lesbians serve in leadership roles on boards and commissions.
• The City of Houston got rid of Blue Cross Blue Shield because CIGNA supports Same Sex benefits.
• The Mayor openly advocated the support of Gay marriage and even tried to embarrass President Barack Obama because he believes marriage is between one man and one woman.Please share this with your friends and loved ones. This race is the most important down ballot race we will vote for. If we don’t Vote they will continue their take over and pretty soon, the party that we once knew will be a party of homosexuals. Our directives shouldn’t come from San Francisco, but from Harris County voters. How will Democrats look electing a man who sales perfume for a living and lays up with another man? Why are our so called community leaders (Rev. Lawson, Howard Jefferson etc.) supporting this agenda? Are they supportive of this lifestyle too??
View Howard’s full letter after the jump. To learn more about Lewis or to support his campaign, visit his website.
Rev. Willie, you just keep right on preaching. But you better find something else to preach about, because your letter is littered with grammar, syntax and punctuation errors. No one with even the most basic level of higher education is going to take you seriously. I mean…seriously.
Digital analysis of the email proves it came directly from the Keryl Douglas Campaign.
“Our directives shouldn’t come from San Francisco, but from Harris County voters.”
Coming from a supposed Democrat, that really takes the cake. It’s amazing how openly bigoted and vicious people can become when they want to win an election.
Oh my, all those TERRIBLE things that have happened in Houston since the Mayor’s election: more people have health insurance and their rights are being better represented at the municipal level. TRAGIC!
I suppose Willie the Ignorant Bigot considers himself a Christian. But what’s up with attacking a guy because he sells perfume? At least he doesn’t panhandle from the pulpit for a living.
Get a job, Willie.
Rev. Howard was incorrect when he implied that Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX does not provide benefits to same-sex partners. As an employee I can assure you they do provide benefits!
Where’s the “Like” button for all you guy’s comment?
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Have you heard? Keryl Douglas is openly heterosexual. And you know how “those people” can be, flaunting their lifestyle, against diversity, taking away civil rights!
Thank you Rev Willie Howard for helping to ensure that Lane Lewis, the current temporary chair, is now a shoe-in for the full position.
Holla!!
Gay people have already destroyed each other by think that Gay-On-Gay bullying is acceptable.
They have already destroyed the rights of peoples votes by going and protesting things they they didn’t want. They have destroyed the City Council and School Boards by not voting and letting theses phonies into offices.
Rev Howard. Try substituting the word “gay” for “black” & that will take you back to 1960.
Can a reporter please do his job and find Rev Howard for follow-up? Cause I’ve looked all I can, and I’ve come to the conclusion that the man doesn’t exist. In fact, Keryl Douglas can’t find him either. She claims to have never met or heard of him. What church is it he preaches at agian? How about this group, “Ministers for Keryl Douglas”? Do they have a rep who a reporter has reached out to? And what does “Digital Analysis” even mean? Working in the IT sector, I can tell you that’s a lot of techie talk which amounts to a lot of nothing. Are you reading in binary?