Dallas stealthily moves to impose its own 'transgender' bathroom bill

Breitbart.com reports: The Dallas City Council voted unanimously to slip “gender identity” transgender specific language into an existing LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance on Tuesday. Councilman Philip Kingston insist the changes are not a “bathroom bill,” even though the verbiage is alarmingly similar to the Houston equal rights ordinance that, less than a week ago, voters resoundingly rejected. Houston’s Proposition 1 dubbed HERO (Houston Equal Rights Ordinance) would have allowed men to access women’s bathrooms, showers, and changing areas based on gender identification which Breitbart Texas’ Lana Shadwick covered comprehensively... WFAA-8 called Tuesday’s city council ordinance a “version of the controversial issue that Houston voters defeated in a vote last week,” reporting one of the changes Medrano made was to remove an exception for the ordinance that he said allowed for rental housing discrimination “in which all rooms are leased, subleased, or rented only to persons of the same sex, when the dwelling contains common lavatory, kitchen, or similar facilities available for the use of all persons occupying the dwelling.” Still, Mayor Mike Rawlings commented in support of the ordinance after the vote, saying Dallas is “very diverse, and we want to make sure everyone is protected.” As the news broke about the ordinance, so did concern that the Dallas City Council voted in their own “bathroom bill.” Texas Values Action President Jonathan Saenz issued a statement, highlighting the City Council approved the controversial language “in a closed door meeting late last night, without public input…” adding that the Council approved “new and sweeping language” on Tuesday that is over 10 pages long. “The language is strikingly similar to the same ‘gender identity’ and ‘public accommodations’ language contained in the defeated Houston law that relates to bathroom, locker rooms, and shower rooms,” noted Saenz. He tweeted that the ordinance was “fast-tracked” and passed without proper notice or a public hearing.”...