Houston Mayor Annise Parker today joined mayors from Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, Boston and Tacoma, Wash., to endorse equality for same-sex married couples as part of a bipartisan drive by 78 mayors within the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Parker, the first openly gay mayor of Houston, addressed a news conference in Washington, D.C., to launch the election-year effort to support the freedom of gay and lesbian couples to marry and to enjoy the full rights of married couples.

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