We sent out the following statement today following last night’s end of the Texas legislative special session. […]
Recent Press Releases
Texas Senate’s Preliminary Approval of Special Session Bills Makes Texas Appear Cruel to Its Most Vulnerable Residents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2017 With its preliminary approval on second reading of a “bathroom bill” this evening, the Texas Senate over the past two days has rushed through approval of bills discriminating against transgender people and making access to abortion care even harder for Texans. Once the bills pass the Senate on third […]
TFN Statement on Texas Supreme Court’s Ruling on Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses of Public Employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is expressing her shock and dismay after the Texas Supreme Court today ruled that state and local governments do not have to treat the same-sex spouses of their employees equally to opposite-sex spouses when it comes to employment benefits. […]
California Ban on Travel Highlights Risks of Discrimination Obsession at the Texas Capitol
TFN President: Texans Are Watching a Slow-Motion Economic Train Wreck AUSTIN – Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is warning that California’s decision this week to bar nonessential state travel to Texas highlights the growing risks from legislative efforts to pass laws discriminating against LGBT people. California’s attorney general blocked state-funded travel to Texas because […]
Texas Freedom Network Statement on Gov. Abbott Signing Discriminatory Adoption/Foster Care Bill
Today Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a deeply divisive and discriminatory bill allowing the use of religion to discriminate against LGBT Texans and others in adoption and foster care services. We just sent out the following statement. […]
