Houston Chronicle Withdraws Earlier Endorsement for HISD Candidate
(Houston Chronicle)
“Earlier this campaign season, we endorsed Manuel Rodriguez Jr. for another term on the board of the Houston Independent School District. We now retract that endorsement in the race for HISD Position III trustee.
A last-minute campaign flier for Rodriguez displays appalling homophobia. That’s obvious gay-bashing, of the kind that HISD rightly prohibits on the playground. It has no place on HISD’s board. …Members of the school board are supposed to be role models, not bullies. They’re supposed to support civil rights, not fight against them. They’re supposed to fight hate speech, not commit it.”
(Full editorial here: Houston Chronicle)
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