Houston activists opposed to local LGBT protections appear to have forged signatures

Signatures gathered by opponents of a local ordinance to protect Houston's LGBT citizens have suspiciously similar handwriting. Here's Zack Ford:

Next week, a judge will begin hearing arguments over the validity of conservatives’ petition seeking to overturn Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), a law that would protect LGBT people and other groups from discrimination but has yet to take effect because of these legal challenges. The city of Houston rejected the signatures last year on technical grounds; many full pages of signatures could not be accepted because they were not filled out properly by petition circulators as city law dictates. Evidence has now surfaced suggesting that some of the signatures may have also been forged.

Hmm ... ya think?