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A City Council member in Shreveport, La., has abandoned his effort to repeal an LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination ordinance, following outcry from the public, including a transgender woman who dared him to stone her to death.
The council passed the ordinance in December by a vote of 6-1, following a successful campaign by a pro-LGBT coaltion known as Be Fair Shreveport. The ordinance, which bans discrimination in housing and employment within city limits on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, received its lone "no" vote from Councilman Ron Webb. During the council's debate last December, Webb voiced his opposition, saying, "The Bible tells you homosexuals are an abomination," adding that he does not socialize with LGBT people, according to TV station KSLA.
Ten days after the council approved the ordinance, Webb drafted a proposal designed to repeal the nondiscrimination policy. On Tuesday, dozens of people registered to testify at the City Council meeting, ready to speak out against Webb's measure.
But none were quite as bold as Pamela Raintree, a transgender woman. Raintree called out the Bible-quoting councilman, daring him to stone her to death.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/01/17/trans-woman-dares-bible-quoting-councilman-stone-her-death
MUST SEE VIDEO AT LINK.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)my kind of woman!
William769
(55,146 posts)SamKnause
(13,102 posts)Well done Miss Raintree, well done.
Shandris
(3,447 posts)While I'm sure there's more than enough people who would happily throw those stones in private or in a dark alley, they scurry away from the light of reason like so many cockroaches. Well done Pamela! Let them bask in the sight of everyone else and see how they shrivel up.
William769
(55,146 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)and they back down, showing that it is not something we want to follow in this world.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)this is the best response I've ever heard of to these bible beaters
the councilman stood down like the coward he is
okasha
(11,573 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)You whacked that bigot good, Ms. Raintree!
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)can be the best strategy! She made him back down so cleverly, so completely, that people should really take note. She's my hero today. I'm going to share this. Thank you William.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)My sense of hope returns.
enigmatic
(15,021 posts)She had a perfect response to that bigotry and shamed him for everyone to see.
I admire her so much.
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Like many I find people who get most incensed about gay people - well they hate themselves because it's likely they are gay underneath it all. Make me wonder about Ron.
Beyond self loathing, I'm not sure why it matters to anyone, people have a right to be who they are.
We have big problem in this nation and world, LGBT people are not one of them.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)Let he who is without guilt cast the first stone. What a magnificent woman. Very brave.