A Texas Freedom Network staffer attended Monday’s jury selection proceedings for a lawsuit seeking to put repeal of Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) up for a citywide vote. Passed by the Houston City Council last May, HERO bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious, gender, veteran status and other categories. The discrimination protections cover […]
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The Week in Quotes (Jan. 18 – 24)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Rep. Zedler, Poland Would Like a Word with You
Far-right state Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, is in the news again, this time for filing HB 829, a bill that would require Texas high schoolers to pass a civics test if they wish to graduate. As he told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Zedler is concerned that teens “don’t know where we got our independence from” […]
Here Is How Religious-Right Activists Sound So Much Like Opponents of Interracial Marriage Decades Ago
Redefining #marriage “equals” no safeguards against “freedom to marry” multiple people for love, polygamy. #txlege — Jonathan Saenz (@jonathansaenzTX) January 22, 2015 “Redefining #marriage “equals” no safeguards against “freedom to marry” multiple people for love, polygamy.” Jonathan Saenz, the lawyer/lobbyist who heads the anti-gay group Texas Values, is once again making arguments Americans heard long […]
Prominent Texas GOP Activist: Gay Marriage a ‘Mirage,’ Promotes ‘Perverse Sexual Practices’
Religious-righters are turning to increasingly vitriolic rhetoric as they rally around proposed legislation that would bar any state or local officials in Texas from issuing or recognizing marriage licenses for same-sex couples if federal courts, including the Supreme Court, strike down the state ban on such unions. House Bill 623 by state Rep. Cecil Bell, R-Magnolia, would bar the […]
