I've spoken to some lesbian and gay (city) employees and I asked them to be here, but they are concerned that becoming activists will prevent them from getting promotions.

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Every year we go through this same scenario. I am tired of every week a fundraiser.

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It's time to go on the record of where you stand. Out there somewhere in East Texas, there is a young gay person who is in the closet and struggling with that issue. The debate that we have today is sending a message of what kind of world he is growing up in.

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