After more than eight months of legal drama, a lawsuit surrounding the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) is set to go before a jury, a somewhat unusual move for a lawsuit of this kind (going before a bench trial would be more typical). But HERO’s journey—the journey that produced the lawsuit—is unusual in itself.Controversy has swirled around HERO since it was introduced by Mayor Annise Parker last April. A handful of key moments—including inciting the ire of an angry Mike Huckabee, a highly-contested petition, and a controversial city subpoena—have paved the bumpy road between the introduction of HERO and Tuesday’s start for jury selection. Because so much has happened over the past nine months, here’s a refresher on the history of Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance, starting from the very…
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