El Paso mayor’s support for DP benefits helps make him a finalist in World Mayor competition
El Paso Mayor John Cook’s popularity for his stance on domestic partner benefits may earn him the title of world’s best mayor.
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VICTORY: Appeals court blocks recall of El Paso officials who voted in favor of DP benefits
In a victory for supporters of LGBT equality, a Texas appeals court has rejected an effort to recall El Paso Mayor John Cook and two other council members over their support of domestic partner benefits for unmarried city...
Read MoreAnti-gay El Paso group plans big push to illegally gather signatures in churches this weekend
As you’ve undoubtedly heard, an anti-gay group in El Paso is gathering signatures in an effort to recall three city officials who voted earlier this year to restore domestic partner benefits for city employees. The...
Read MoreEl Paso DP benefits update: Hundreds attend ‘No Recall’ rally; DA investigates anti-gay petitioners
About 500 people attended a rally Sunday in support of three El Paso officials who may face recall elections because they voted earlier this year to reinstate domestic partner benefits for city employees. Meanwhile, the El Paso...
Read MoreWhat’s Brewing: Wedding bash continues in NY; Houston LGBT memorial; El Paso benefits fight
Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea: 1. Hundreds of gay couples tied the knot on Sunday in New York on the first day same-sex marriage was legal in the nation’s third-largest state. The festivities continue today...
Read MorePastor threatens recall drive if DP benefits restored in El Paso; council to vote today
Pastor Tom Brown of Word of Life Church was the driving force behind a ballot measure to repeal DP benefits in El Paso. The pastor behind a ballot initiative to repeal domestic partner benefits in El Paso is threatening to...
Read MoreEl Paso council to vote on DP benefits next week
El Paso Mayor John Cook After a federal judge upheld a ballot initiative repealing domestic partner benefits for El Paso city employees last month, Mayor John Cook has introduced an ordinance to reinstate them. The council is...
Read MoreSREC member wants to oust Speaker Joe Straus because he’s Jewish, doesn’t hate gays enough
Speaker Joe Straus We’ve already told you about the anti-gay forces that have undoubtedly been working behind the scenes in the race for speaker of the Texas House, but now it looks like they may be starting to emerge...
Read MoreEl Paso voters rescind domestic partner benefits for city workers — and possibly for retirees too
El Paso was home to one of the few, if not the only, anti-gay initiative on the ballot anywhere in the U.S. on Tuesday. And The El Paso Times reports that the measure to roll back domestic partner benefits for city employees...
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