Who is David Welch? David Welch is the Executive Director of a local hate group that calls itself the “Houston Area Pastoral Council”. He’s also Founding Executive Director of Christian Coalition of Washington, the National Field Director of Christian Coalition, the Executive Director of Vision America and perhaps most importantly, he wets himself when he thinks about debating me.
The last time I debated Welch, I was given a just one hour to prepare. The question for debate was, “Should transgender people be allowed to marry.” Welch pulled out the same old logical fallacies the far right wing always uses when they talk about the civil rights of the queer community. Needless to say, I moped the floor with him. After the debate, FOX ran a poll to see who won the debate and a whopping 89.7% sided with me.
On November 17, a transgender youth was unlawfully arrested by HPD because she, in accordance with the Houston City Ordinance, used the female bathroom at the Jesse H. Jones Library in downtown Houston. A Houston Library security guard initiated the incident by informing an HPD officer that, “a man [sic] is in the restroom.” The arresting officer took the patron to jail for the alleged offence of violating a State of Texas law which states, “It is unlawful for any person to use a restroom of the opposite sex unless given permission…”
The City of Houston Executive Order 1 – 8 and 1 – 20 gives explicit permission to transgender people to use the correct restroom. Of course, David Welch thinks that transgender men should be forced to use the women’s restroom an that transgender women should use the men’s restroom
So, tonight FOX again set up a debate with David Welch and I was slated to debate him. However, he backed out and is refusing to debate me again!
I encourage you to contact Welch and ask him to debate me!
Email: info@uspastorcouncil.org
Phone: 832-688-9166
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