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Record number of LGBTQ candidates running for office in US

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Colorado Governor-elect Jared Polis hugs his Lt. Governor-elect Dianne Primavera during his victory speech at the watch party for Colorado Democrats at a hotel in downtown Denver. Polis became the first openly gay man elected as a governor of any state. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

LGBT triumphs: 2 governorships, at least 9 seats in Congress

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Houston Mayor Annise Parker speaks to supporters of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance at a watch party Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Houston. The ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston did not pass. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Annise Parker, Houston mayor, rips defeat of transgender ‘bathroom bill,’ predicts economic backlash

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin hugs a supporter at the Republican Party celebration Tuesday Louisville, Ky. Mr. Bevin defeated Democrat Jack Conway to become only the second Republican governor in the state in four decades. (Associated Press)

Election night: Conservatives win as voters elect GOP governors, reject ‘bathroom bill,’ marijuana

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A sign marks the entrance to a gender neutral restroom at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. (Associated Press)

Houston ‘bathroom bill’ rejected by voters

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Houston Mayor Annise Parker (Associated Press) **FILE**

Texas Supreme Court suspends Houston’s ‘bathroom bill,’ sets up ballot fight

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A Houston coalition failed on Friday to submit enough signatures to place a repeal measure for a transgender-rights ordinance on the ballot. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Judge rules against Houston pastors’ challenge to transgender ‘bathroom bill’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rebecca Hagelin and her daughter Kristin Carey.

REBECCA HAGELIN & KRISTIN CAREY: Join the call for a great church revival

By Rebecca Hagelin and Kristin Carey

Houston Mayor Annise Parker participates in the Sixth Annual Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. The forum is presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic at the Harman Center for the Arts. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Thousands rally on behalf of Houston pastors hit with subpoenas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Houston Mayor Annise Parker. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Houston mayor flooded with 1K Bibles, post-pastor subpoenas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Houston Mayor Annise Parker. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Federal civil rights official calls Houston pastor subpoenas ‘abuse of government power’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Houston sermon subpoenas and government intimidation of religion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CAL THOMAS: Government assault on the pulpit

By Cal Thomas

Republican candidate for Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, left, listens as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks during a news conference at Republican Party of Arkansas headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Huckabee is campaigning for Republicans on his home turf, finding that a political landscape that had been dominated by Democrats since Reconstruction is now a two-party state. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Mike Huckabee calls for ‘thousands and thousands’ of sermons, Bibles to Houston

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Houston Mayor Annise Parker (Associated Press) **FILE**

Houston mayor removes church sermons from subpoena request after outcry

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Houston Mayor Annise Parker backed down Wednesday from the city's effort to force local pastors to turn over speeches and papers related to a hotly contested transgender rights ordinance. (Associated Press)

Houston backs off church sermon subpoenas in transgender ‘bathroom bill’ fight

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

**FILE** Houston Police investigate the scene of a homicide at a nursing home in Houston on April 23, 2014. (Associated Press/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty)

Houston mayor: Sorry that police put man’s blind dog on road to die

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Houston council delays vote on equal-rights law

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In this photo provided by the Houston mayor's office, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, right and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, celebrate at their wedding Thursday, Jan 16, 1014 in Palm Springs, Calif. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Paul Fromberg, rear, rector of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Houston Office of The Mayor, Richard Hartog)

Houston mayor weds longtime partner in California

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Houston mayor weds longtime partner in California

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Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker (right) celebrates her win with partner Kathy Hubbard on Saturday after defeating former city attorney Gene Locke to become the city's first openly gay mayor.

EDITORIAL: Judicial cash grab

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times