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Petition drive to repeal San Antonio LGBT non-discrimination ordinance fails
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An effort to repeal San Antonio’s LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance died Tuesday when opponents of the measure failed to gather the required signature to put a referendum before voters.
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Anti-gay San Antonio councilwoman resigns to run for Texas state Senate
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio city councilwoman who made national headlines recently after a secret recording of a staff meeting was leaked in which she was heard calling gays “disgusting,” resigned Monday and announced her intent to run for the Texas state Senate.
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San Antonio officials targeted for recall for supporting LGBT protections
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A group of Texas Republicans and religious conservatives are pushing efforts to recall San Antonio city council members who voted in favor of a recently expanded non-discrimination ordinance that includes protections based on seual orientation and gender identity.
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Pat Robertson: San Antonio will jail Christians over anti-discrimination law
Pat Robertson and his Christian Broadcasting Network filed a report Wednesday that falsely claimed that having a “biblical view” on sexuality has been “criminalized” in San Antonio, Texas.
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San Antonio approves LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio City Council has approved the LGBT-inclusive discrimination ordinance by a vote of 8-3. Developing, check back for update.
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Gay rights ordinance in San Antonio draws objections from GOP, faith leaders
SAN ANTONIO — Gay rights victories in Texas haven’t come at the Capitol but at city hall. While nondiscrimination bills in the Legislature languish, Houston has a lesbian mayor and Austin offers health benefits for same-sex couples.
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San Antonio councilwoman faces ethics complaint after calling gays ‘disgusting’
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio city councilwoman Elisa Chan is facing an ethics complaint filed by a city resident accusing her of violating city policies by using city staff, time and property for a “partisan political purpose.”
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San Antonio WNBA player Sophia Young speaks out against same-sex marriage
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — WNBA player Sophia Young of the San Antonio Silver Stars was among the hundreds of protesters who rallied Tuesday against proposed updates to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance that would add protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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San Antonio mayor fires back at LGBT advocacy group over travel warning
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has fired back at an LGBT advocacy group for issuing a travel alert advising the LGBT community to avoid San Antonio until the city takes action on a hotly debated non-discrimination ordinance.
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San Antonio councilwoman breaks silence, stands by inflammatory remarks
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Embattled San Antonio city councilwoman Elisa Chan, secretly recorded during a staff meeting describing homosexuality as “so disgusting,” “crazy” and “against nature,” said in a press conference Tuesday that “political correctness will not win the day” and stood by her inflammatory remarks.
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San Antonio councilwoman defends secretly recorded anti-gay remarks
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio city council woman who was secretly recorded during a staff meeting in which she said homosexuality is “so disgusting” and “against nature,” defended her comments Monday in her first public statement on the controversy that erupted last week.
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San Antonio city councilwoman: Homosexuality is ‘so disgusting,’ ‘against nature’
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A secret recording of a staff meeting to discuss a proposed citywide non-discrimination ordinance captured a San Antonio city councilwoman discussing why homosexuality is “so disgusting” and “against nature.”
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Gay combat vet who lost leg in Iraq booed by anti-gay protesters in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — A highly decorated openly gay Iraq war combat veteran was booed by a crowd of anti-gay protesters during his speech to the San Antonio City Council meeting Wednesday evening.
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High school student says banned yearbook photo is anti-gay discrimination
A teenager in San Antonio, Texas, says her high school has blocked a photograph of her and her girlfriend from appearing in the yearbook because they are gay.
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Fox News invites anti-LGBT guests to mock, smear transgender Macy’s customer
During a December 11 segment on Fox News, host Shannon Bream invited former Macy’s employee Natalie Johnson and Mathew Staver, founder of the anti-LGBT Liberty Counsel, to discuss Johnson’s recent termination from her job in San Antonio, Texas.