11th February 2012
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S.A.'s young mayor stands up to bigotry
Julian Castro, the 34-year-old mayor of the nation’s seventh-largest city (San Antonio), says he knew there’d be some backlash when he agreed to serve as grand marshal of the Alamo City’s annual gay Pride parade on July 4. But Castro did it anyway, and he’s not backing down from the decision in the face of a hateful e-mail campaign led by conservative Christian radio host Adam McManus.
“Julian Castro has shamed San Antonio by agreeing to serve as grand marshal of this homosexual parade,” McManus told The San Antonio Express-News. “There’s nothing to be proud of when you participate in behavior that God described as an abomination.â€
It’s hard to believe that that this type of thing is still going on in 2009 in such a major city — and over a freakin’ parade! — but then again, this is Texas. Sam Sanchez, publisher of the gay news Web site QSanAntonio.com, explained to The Express-News that San Antonio has remained “notoriously homophobic” due to its Catholic base, the Latino population and the conservative white (military) population. Kudos to Sanchez, Texas Stonewall Democrats President Dan Graney and all the other LGBT activists in San Antonio for their hard work in trying to combat this. Apparently it’s paying off.
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Christian radio host Adam McManus, who is so quick to call Gays and Lesbians ‘abominations’ has clearly not read the very bible that he uses as a weapon against THE VERY GAY & LESBIAN CHILDREN THAT HETEROS CREATED.
Why is Christian radio host Adam McManus not standing up to all of the many sins that Heteros committ against THE VERY GAY & LESBIAN CHILDREN THAT HETEROS CREATED on a daily basis.
Christian radio host Adam McManus proves, yet again, that the ONLY decent Christain died on the cross.
His lack of shame and embarassment at his own words only prove him to be a false prpohet of God, and nothing more.
OOH…he’s kinda cute too!
Glad to know the mayor supports his GLBT community, but surely there are freaks here in Dallas who are equally upset that our mayor does the same thing in our city. Being “surprised” that this is happening in SA in 2009 sounds a bit condescending to that city. Bexar County (San Antonio) went for Obama in 2008, so it’s more progressive than most people probably think.
je:
We have never had this situation in Dallas, with the sitting mayor serving as grand marshal, so it’s difficult to make a comparison. But I don’t recall there being an outcry about either Laura Miller or Tom Leppert merely appearing in the parade. Also, I said that I was surprised this was happening in ANY major city, but then I added that maybe it shouldn’t be so surprising given that it’s Texas. I certainly don’t believe there’s a top 10 U.S. city outside of Texas where this type of thing would happen.
He looks like an ethnic Keanu Reeves…but cuter.