Social conservatives have good day on TX House floor

[The Philosopher]

From The Lone Star Report

In addition to reducing funding from family planning services (which are often provided by organizations that have affiliates that perform abortions), conservatives also reinforced traditional family values in the budget.

Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) tried to amend the budget to force school districts to report incidents "alleged discrimination or harassment" on the basis of "actual or perceived ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or national origin" in the public schools. Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock (R-Killeen) moved to table the amendment, as he did every amendment that created a new study. During the debate, Aycock was asked if he got complaints to his legislative office about school bullying. Aycock replied that he hasn't received any phone calls about "gender identity" to his legislative office. The Coleman amendment was tabled (killed) 97-49. Many social conservatives are concerned with Democrats' anti-bullying legislation or amendments because they may lead to teaching or promoting homosexuality in public schools.

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This is the kind of thinking that goes into hurting minority groups and causes. The politician, trying to promote a specific viewpoint or cause, denies anything else exists in their district or anywhere. Just like when the Iranian President denied gays existed in Iran. There's no gays in Texas, either, and there never will!

[CC]

1. That is how the GOP

works. Rumor has it that Texas is turning purple but if you want that to show in your statehouse it means going door to door, making phone calls and talking to as many people as you can to get the truth out. I hope enough people do that and Texas really does turn purple all the way to the statehouse.

[urbuddha]

2. Divide and conquer

Purple is probably as good as it could get in Texas but Blue would be so much better.
Personally, I think since Texas can legally divide into as many as five states we should
all be doing our part to do just that. Divide and conquer... do everything we can to get
bills passed to divide the state of Texas.

[The Philosopher]

3. No.

[ZombieHorde]

4. Assholes. nt