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Texas and Abbott pass law allowing discrimination against LGTBQ/disabled (Original Post)
Marius25
Sep 2021
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snowybirdie
(5,221 posts)1. Phew!
Good thing Abbott is openly heterosexual!
no_hypocrisy
(46,057 posts)2. When Shrub was governor, I thought TX couldn't sink any lower.
All those executions, esp. Shrub mocking Carla Faye Tucker ("Please don't kill me . . . . !"
Boy, was I wrong! That was the halfway mark.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,780 posts)3. Is Abbott that STUPID?
Apparently he does not see himself as disabled and his wheelchair is just a prop to gain sympathy.
Will he be exempt from this law he signed?
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)6. I have heard he could walk.
The wheel chair was for sympathy.
Lovie777
(12,222 posts)4. This man is sick . ..
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)5. Running for President.
Pissing off every group he can.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)7. He will make the handicap sidewalk cuts destroyed.
And the ramps.
Just think what he could do.
blogslug
(37,990 posts)8. I think that language has been removed
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/27/texas-social-workers-lgbtq-disabilities-discrimination/
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a nonbinding legal opinion Monday that a state board cannot forbid social workers from discriminating against LGBTQ people and people with disabilities.
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, which regulates social workers, has been in a monthslong debate over its code of conduct. In October, it removed language from the section that establishes when a social worker may refuse to serve someone, allowing social workers to refuse service based on someones disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
After facing intense backlash from social workers, lawmakers and advocates, the board reversed its decision just two weeks later, voting unanimously to restore the explicit protections. It also voted to request an opinion from Paxtons office about the legality of its rule change.
Months later, Paxtons opinion states that the board was authorized by the Legislature to punish social workers who refused work with clients based on aspects of identity like age, race and religion but not their disability status, sexual orientation or gender identity. The board lacks the authority to add those three categories, he argues...
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, which regulates social workers, has been in a monthslong debate over its code of conduct. In October, it removed language from the section that establishes when a social worker may refuse to serve someone, allowing social workers to refuse service based on someones disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
After facing intense backlash from social workers, lawmakers and advocates, the board reversed its decision just two weeks later, voting unanimously to restore the explicit protections. It also voted to request an opinion from Paxtons office about the legality of its rule change.
Months later, Paxtons opinion states that the board was authorized by the Legislature to punish social workers who refused work with clients based on aspects of identity like age, race and religion but not their disability status, sexual orientation or gender identity. The board lacks the authority to add those three categories, he argues...
Sympthsical
(9,054 posts)9. Removing social protections for the most vulnerable
Very Christian of them.
Sogo
(4,986 posts)10. Ha! These guys are writing the Democratic Campaigns for
the foreseeable future.
Suppress women, gays, and take away voting rights for POC!
Keep up the good work, GOPukes!!