Want to know a big reason the Texas House is dragging the Lone Star State into the public relations firestorm that engulfed Indiana this spring, when the legislature there moved to enshrine discrimination against LGBT people in state law? It’s what religious-righters want, and they hold the Texas Republican Party in their grip. In fact, Steven Hotze, head of the Conservative […]
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Texas House Schedules Vote on Bill Blocking Freedom to Marry
The Texas Legislature appears on the verge of passing Indiana-style legislation that discriminates against gay and lesbian families, barring same-sex couples from getting married even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the state’s ban on those unions. We just sent out the following press release: Civil liberties and LGBT rights organizations today joined in warning […]
Tell state leaders: Access to abortion matters to me.
Over the past few years, Texas has passed dozens of laws that have made access to abortion care almost impossible for many of us. They are back at it this year and won’t stop until they’ve shut down every clinic that offers abortion in this state. It’s up to our generation to stop it. Fill […]
TEXAS HOUSE TO TAKE UP INDIANA-STYLE BILL SUBVERTING POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARRIAGE
TEXAS HOUSE TO TAKE UP INDIANA-STYLE BILL SUBVERTING POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARRIAGE HB 4105 Would Put Texas on Collision Course with Freedom, Lead to National Uproar Similar to What Happened in Indiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2015 Civil liberties and LGBT rights organizations today joined in warning the Texas House of Representatives […]
Big Polling News: Texas Voters Reject Anti-LGBT Discrimination
We’ve been telling you about all the bills filed in the Texas Legislature this year that would enshrine into state law discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. But what do Texas voters think about this? A new poll shows pro-discrimination politicians may have seriously miscalculated. Check out the press release we just sent. A […]
