The avalanche of anti-LGBT discrimination bills has begun to move in the Texas Legislature. The Senate State Affairs Committee has set a hearing at 8 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, for Senate Bill 6, a bill that specifically targets transgender Texans for discrimination. Here’s everything you need to know to prepare for the hearing. For SB6 […]
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Anti-LGBT Haters to Speak at Texas Capitol on Same Day as Anti-Transgender Bill Hearing
This is hardly a coincidence. The State Affairs Committee of the Texas Senate has scheduled a public hearing for Senate Bill 6, the transgender discrimination bill, on the same day that a parade of prominent anti-LGBT speakers will join Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton at a so-called “Pastors’ Briefing” at the […]
Adult Sen. Huffines Claims He Was Ambushed By School Kids
By now you might have seen (see below if you haven’t) the video of state Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, yelling at children from the Richardson Independent School District who don’t want their public schools defunded to pay for one of Huffines’ pet causes: private school vouchers. […]
TFN Statement: Proposed Bills Radically Redefine ‘Religious Freedom’ to Mean Using Religion to Discriminate
Speaking at a press conference organized by an extremist anti-LGBT group, a number of Texas legislators today called for passage of bills they said would protect “religious freedom.” But those bills really are designed to allow individuals and businesses to use religion to discriminate. We just sent out the following statement: […]
New TFN Education Fund Study: Texas Is Failing on Sex Education
The Texas Freedom Network Education Fund has released a new report on what Texas public schools are teaching when it comes to sex education. The news isn’t good. Here’s the press release: […]
