Is Michael Sams correct, that anti-gay biases that still permeate the league?
Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has donated $10,000 to Campaign for Houston, an organization that opposes the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), a nondiscrimination law that’s up for vote on November 3rd.Texans Owner Donates $10,000 To Fight LGBT Protections In Houston | ThinkProgress
While the ordinance provides wide-ranging nondiscrimination protections for Houston residents and visitors, including in cases of race, sexuality, gender, disability, nationality, and religion, the Campaign for Houston has centered in on LGBT protections, particularly the fact that this law allows trans women to use women’s restrooms and trans men to use men’s restrooms.
“We are Citizens of Houston of all races, creeds and political beliefs who feel there should be NO MEN IN WOMEN’S BATHROOMS,” the organization’s website reads.
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The NFL’s interest in Houston’s nondiscrimination ordinance goes beyond McNair, however: The city is set to host the Super Bowl in 2017. In 2014, Arizona was in the news due to the state’s Religious Freedoms Restoration Act, which allowed businesses the right to discriminate against customers and patrons based on their religious beliefs. The bill was considered a “license to discriminate” against LGBT customers.
At the time, the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury all spoke out against the law. The NFL even released a statement that said, “Our policies emphasize tolerance and inclusiveness, and prohibit discrimination based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other improper standard.”
Many believed that the league would move the Super Bowl from Arizona if the bill was passed, but Gov. Jan Brewer (R) vetoed it before that became an issue. The same concern has been raised in Houston.
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