>(Fort Worth, Texas) Real estate agent Joel Burns has become the first openly gay member of Fort Worth City Council in a race that was marked by homophobia.
>Burns defeated school trustee Juan Rangel Jr. a fellow Democrat, in a runoff election Tuesday.
>During the campaign Republicans tried to use Burns’ sexuality as a wedge issue.
>Fort Worth City Councilman Chuck Silcox told a GOP audience to vote for candidate Chris Turner for city council because he is both straight and a Republican, unlike his opponent.
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