Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond.
Former Republican state Rep. Todd Smith, in a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott saying he is appalled that the governor has given credence to a fringe group that fears the U.S. military would stage a take-over of Texas.
Let me apologize in advance that your letter pandering to idiots who believe that US Navy Seals and other US military personnel are somehow a threat to be watched has left me livid.
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State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, on a late push by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to fast-track legislation designed to preserve the right to discriminate.
This is a dog whistle to the bigots and the zealots that want to promote their hate and try to mask it as religion.
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U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, linking the crisis in Baltimore to same-sex marriage.
You look at what’s going on in Baltimore today, you know, you see issues that are raised there. And healthy marriages are the ones between a man and a woman because they can have a healthy family and they can raise children in the way that’s best for their future, not only socially but psychologically, economically, from a health perspective.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, asking a question that some see as indicating he may have found a way to cast a vote in favor of marriage equality.
I’m not sure it’s necessary to get into sexual orientation to resolve this case. I mean, if Sue loves Joe and Tom loves Joe, Sue can marry him and Tom can’t. And the difference is based upon their different sex. Why isn’t that a straightforward question of sexual discrimination?
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TFN Communications Director Dan Quinn, on efforts by some Texas lawmakers to undermine a gay-rights ruling by the Supreme Court.
On the one hand, to run around and say we are sovereign and somehow don’t have to obey a Supreme Court ruling is the quintessential example of a temper tantrum. Some of the lawmakers, including the representative who introduced this bill, just refuse to accept what’s happening. This seems to be a way to stomping their feet and saying we’re not going to let that happen, which is absurd.
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Ian Reisner, one of the two gay businessmen who hosted an event for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, apologizing to the gay community and others for his “poor judgment.”
I was ignorant, naive and much too quick in accepting a request to co-host a dinner with Cruz at my home without taking the time to completely understand all of his positions on gay rights.
