One of the most remarkable outcomes of the 2015 session of the Texas Legislature is the complete failure of the broadest legislative assault on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community anywhere in the country. It’s so remarkable in large part because Texas is deeply red state in which religious-right/tea party activists make up a powerful part of the […]
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Tea Party Extremists Undermined Chances for Real Progress in Texas Legislative Session
As the Texas Legislature prepares to gavel out at the close of the 2015 session, we’re preparing a summary of what happened at the Capitol. So while we pull that together, here is the end-of-session press release we just sent out: Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller issued the following statements on the end of […]
EXTREMISTS UNDERMINED CHANCES FOR REAL PROGRESS IN TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION
EXTREMISTS UNDERMINED CHANCES FOR REAL PROGRESS IN TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION Tea Party Temper Tantrums Skewed Legislative Priorities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2015 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller issued the following statements on the end of the 2015 session of the Texas Legislature today: On the effect of tea party extremists on the Legislature: […]
You Get Nothing. You Lose. Good Day, Sir.
As the 2015 session of the Texas Legislature comes to a close today, the Texas Freedom Network is joining with our fantastic coalition partners to celebrate the complete failure of the religious right’s broad legislative assault on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. We just sent out the following press release: While bills promoting discrimination […]
The Week in Quotes (May 24 – 30)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
