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Back in early 2015 a Texas coalition of haters that included Rafael Cruz and Texas Values head Jonathan Saenz failed to qualify a ballot measure to repeal Plano’s brand new LGBT rights ordinance. This week another attempt was launched in the courts. Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins:
If Plano leaders want to legislate in secret, then voters will sue them in the open! Texans Greg and Laura Hatch are just two of the locals frustrated by the city’s underhanded passage of an LGBT ordinance in 2014. Instead of debating the issue in public, members met behind closed doors and agreed to force a radical anti-faith, anti-gender measure down voters’ throat. Now, three years later, the Hatches are taking them to court.
“Texas requires local governments to operate with transparency,” said the couple’s attorney Cleve Doty. He was referring to the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA), which bars any municipality from hiding their business from the people. “This is even more concerning than what is in the ordinance itself because the city refused to play by the rules,” Doty told Breitbart. “Plano’s politicians wanted to hide from the citizens what they were doing and, based on their actions, didn’t want citizen input.”
The ordinance was one of the more extreme examples of LGBT activism, even going so far as to criminally fine people or businesses with natural views on marriage and sexuality. “It put many businesses under the thumb of City Hall about things as personal and private as bathrooms, among other things,” Doty explained. “This is a disservice to citizens no matter which side of the issue they’re on: people from both sides of the political debate were excluded from the conversation, and the City created an ordinance that will be void. Nobody wins when the city breaks the law.”
From the Plano Star-Courier:
“The lawsuit filed against the city involves a complaint regarding the passage of the Equal Rights Ordinance, something that happened almost three years ago,” stated attorney Andy Taylor, representing the city of Plano. “Not only is the substance of their filing both frivolous and unethical, but the timing of this action is highly questionable, as early voting in the city’s local elections begins Monday, April 24.
“The attorney who filed the lawsuit is listed as an endorsee of several candidates seeking city office. It appears as if this is a desperate attempt to influence the outcome of the public vote. The City of Plano will seek reimbursement of any taxpayer expense incurred to defend this meritless lawsuit. The city is also reviewing whether to seek sanctions against their attorney,” Taylor stated.
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