Equality Texas’ PAC backs Republican for 1st time

[TexasTowelie]

State Rep. Sarah Davis, R-Houston

In a sign of growing bipartisan support for LGBT rights in the Lone Star State, Equality Texas’ PAC has endorsed a Republican legislative candidate for the first time in its history.

The statewide LGBT group’s Texas Equity PAC on Tuesday announced it is backing incumbent state Rep. Sarah Davis, R-Houston, who faces a right-wing challenger in the Republican Primary in House District 134.

Davis, who was first elected in 2010 and defeated gay Democrat Ann Johnson in 2012, has been an outspoken supporter of LGBT equality. Davis authored legislation to ensure equal hospital visitation and medical decision-making, and she helped defeat an effort to ban LGBT resource centers on college campuses. She also happens to be the lone House Republican who voted against Texas’ strict new abortion regulations.

“The majority of Republicans agree with most of our legislative priorities,” said Texas Equity PAC volunteer Daniel Williams. “We have to make it safe for Republican representatives to be out front on those issues. Rep. Davis has done that and she’s facing a primary opponent who is decidedly anti-equality. Endorsing Rep. Davis in the Republican primary isn’t just the smart thing to do, it’s a vital step towards making it safe for other Republicans to represent true Texas values of fairness.”

More at http://www.lonestarq.com/unprecedented-move-equality-texas-pac-endorsed-republican-state-rep-sarah-davis-un/ .