Just how extreme has the Texas Senate become under Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick? The chamber just passed a bill forcing women to carry to term a fetus suffering such a severe anomaly that it cannot survive. And the bill’s author claimed he was just closing a ‘loophole’ in the law. Another cruel lie. Another anti-abortion law. We […]
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Five Faith Leaders: United In One Voice For Justice
Ready to take action? Here are two quick ways: 1. Sign the letter to lawmakers asking them to reject anti-LGBTQ bills: tfn.org/Faith 2. Come to the One Voice For Justice March & Rally on May 9: tfn.org/JusticeMarch […]
Next Anti-LGBT Bill Could Be Stirring in the Texas House
Just weeks after the Texas Senate passed SB17, a sweeping anti-LGBT discrimination bill, state Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, has a message for fellow lawmakers: My bill is even more extreme. […]
Four Bills, One Goal: Attack Working Texans and LGBTQ People
Dan Patrick’s attempt to strip Texas workers and LGBTQ people of basic protections is heading to the Texas House. We need your help. The Patrick-backed collection of bills — SB 2485, 2486, 2487 and 2488 — have already cleared the Senate and will take their first step in the House, in the State Affairs Committee, […]
Texas House Committee Advances Bill on Posting Ten Commandments in Public Schools
Texas legislators this year claim they finally want to do a better job making sure public schools have the funds they need to educate our state’s schoolchildren. Well, the House Public Education Committee isn’t helping after last week approving a bill on posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. In fact, that bill is a church-state train wreck that could tie up school districts in […]
