Texas AG candidate "personally affronted"

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San Antonio lawyer David Van Os, a candidate for (Texas) attorney general, vowed to fight the anti-gay marriage amendment and any other "affront" to the Texas Constitution when he addressed Stonewall Democrats of Dallas this week.

"As a citizen of Texas — a lifelong citizen of this state — I am personally affronted," said Van Os of the ballot measure. "I take it as a personal offense and an affront to my citizenship that forces of hate are seeking to enshrine hate into the Texas Constitution."

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"It is inconceivable that we here in Texas would put something in our state constitution that would be a giant step backward from the achievement of that vision," Van Os said.

The candidate and his wife, Rachel Barrios-Van Os, a law firm administrator, have signed on to the No Nonsense in November campaign, said Michael Moon, president of Stonewall Democrats of Dallas. "He believes in what he says," Moon said. "He didn't come just to tell us what we wanted to hear."

Van Os said the anti-gay-marriage amendment is an example of how public officials have sold out to special interest groups. He called the backers of the ballot measure the "unreligious wrong."

From the http://www.dallasvoice.com/articles/dispArticle.cfm?Article_ID=6465">Dallas Voice (emphasis mine)

David Van Os needs your help to fight the GOP in Texas.

(Disclosure: I serve on the steering committee of the Van Os for Attorney General campaign.)

[yellowdogintexas]

1. Van Os is just awesome nt

[Jade Fox]

2. Dude! Love the ones who stand up and don't mince words.

[davidinalameda]

3. there's hope for Texas after all!

thanks for posting this!