There’s a guy running for mayor of Houston who claims to be a Democrat.  His name is Ben Hall and he was defeated for that position two years ago by Annise Parker, a wildly popular three term mayor who is LGBT.  If she wasn’t termed-out, she’d win by a landslide again.

Hall, a rich lawyer, likes to flash his Democratic credentials.  He’s not considered to be a top tier candidate in this election.  Democratic State Representative Sylvester Turner and former sheriff and Democrat Adrian Garcia are the top candidates.  However, there are a dozen candidates for mayor, and some of them are progressive Republicans.

In the November election, Houston has HERO, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, on the ballot.  HERO insures nondiscriminatory practices based on gender, ethnicity, age, marital status, religion,  disability, age, and sexual orientation and gender identification.

Hall, who is not doing well in the polls, has decided to make HERO his issue.  He’s the only serious candidate who has come out against it.

He invited my momma to come hear him speak.

DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS DISCUSSION. Join me as I explain the details of one the most important issues in this election. I’ll discuss why you should vote NO to the “Houston Equal Rights Ordinance” (HERO), also known as the “Bathroom Ordinance”. This ordinance will be identified on the November 3 ballot as Proposition 1 a/k/a Prop 1.

The “Bathroom Ordinance?”  Yeah.

Hall contends that this ordinance will allow transgendered people to dress like the opposite sex and come into the bathroom to stare at your little girl.

He’s completely serious.

What keeps that from happening now is pretty much anybody’s guess.  And what will make it happen after everybody has the frightening horror of equal rights is also crystal ball stuff.

I don’t think Hall understands how women’s bathrooms work.  I really don’t.  Does he know there are no urinals in there?

Of course, his hope is to pick up rightwing votes because he’s the only candidate who opposes the ordinance.  This has got to be troubling for right-wingers: the only way they can vote against the gays is to vote for a black man.  Thats a damn quandary.

Ben Hall can kiss my big blue butt.  I hope he gets embarrassed again at the polls.  Trust me, his ego needs it.