When Houston's Mayor Annise Parker pushed through an "anti-discrimination" ordinance providing special rights and benefits for homosexuals and transgendered individuals, a coalition of pastors and leaders launched a petition drive that garnered more than 50,000 signatures. The petition, which sought to put the ordinance before the city's voters, only needed 17,269 signatures to be successful.
However, then-City Attorney David Feldman kicked out enough signatures to disqualify the election, spurring petition backers to sue (see earlier story). Last week, Judge Robert Schaffer ruled proponents were a little over 500 signatures short of the number needed.
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