Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R24092 JRI-D
2	2	By: Martinez Fischer H.R. No. 848
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7	7	R E S O L U T I O N
8	8	WHEREAS, A life dedicated to the pursuit of social justice
9	9	and human rights drew to a close with the passing of Daniel Chris
10	10	Graney of San Antonio on July 11, 2024, at the age of 75; and
11	11	WHEREAS, Born on May 16, 1949, in Norfolk, Nebraska, Dan
12	12	Graney spent part of his youth in foster care before being adopted
13	13	by a Lutheran minister and his wife at age 18; after graduating from
14	14	St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas, he received his
15	15	undergraduate degree from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne,
16	16	Indiana, and his master of divinity degree from Christ
17	17	Seminary-Seminex; ordained as a Lutheran minister, he began his
18	18	clerical career serving San Francisco's Mission District Hispanic
19	19	community; and
20	20	WHEREAS, While undertaking his ministerial studies,
21	21	Mr. Graney met his first love, a Franciscan priest named Roberto
22	22	Flores; in 1977, the pair moved to Houston, where Mr. Graney served
23	23	as a minister and paralegal for undocumented immigrants; he was
24	24	elected as a bishop of the Texas Province of the Southwest Regional
25	25	Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, but he was forced to resign
26	26	after church officials learned about his relationship; pivoting to
27	27	a career in law, he graduated as valedictorian of his class at Texas
28	28	Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1987, and
29	29	he went on to relocate his practice, which primarily focused on
30	30	immigration law, to San Antonio in 1992; and
31	31	WHEREAS, Mr. Graney and Mr. Flores shared 35 years together
32	32	before they were able to legally marry in Vermont on October 15,
33	33	2009; after Mr. Flores passed away, Mr. Graney was fortunate enough
34	34	to find love again, and on June 9, 2017, he wed Rolando Jaimes
35	35	Mesco, who served as his devoted caregiver throughout his medical
36	36	challenges; and
37	37	WHEREAS, Despite retiring from his work as an attorney due to
38	38	health issues in 1993, Mr. Graney continued to make an impact
39	39	through his involvement with San Antonio's LGBT community; he
40	40	served as cofounder of the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio, as
41	41	chair of the Bexar County Democratic Party, and as president of the
42	42	Stonewall Democratic Caucus for the 2008 Texas Democratic Party
43	43	Convention; additionally, as co-chair of the Community Alliance for
44	44	a United San Antonio, he helped secure the historic passage of a
45	45	citywide nondiscrimination ordinance in 2013; and
46	46	WHEREAS, Dan Graney touched countless lives through his
47	47	selfless service and his unwavering commitment to the rights of the
48	48	marginalized, and he leaves behind a legacy that will long be
49	49	remembered; now, therefore, be it
50	50	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
51	51	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Daniel Chris Graney
52	52	and extend deepest condolences to all those who mourn his passing;
53	53	and, be it further
54	54	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
55	55	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
56	56	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dan Graney.