Texas Gov. Rick Perry.(REPORT)(Brief Article)

"If there is some other state that has a more lenient view than Texas, then maybe that's a better place for them to live."

--Texas governor RICK PERRY, responding to a question about the state's gay military veterans, during a June 5 ceremony at a Fort Worth church school, where he signed a bill scheduling a ballot initiative to ask voters to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage

I am sure you did not really mean that. I am a fourth-generation native Texan and a gay man. My great-grandfather was a Methodist circuit rider in Texas. My grandfather helped Texas grow by creating jobs and investing in oil and real estate for decades. My mother was active in the …