"Texas lawmakers to consider unprecedented anti-gay marriage bill."
In a little over a month, the nation’s highest court is expected to answer two burning questions – whether the U.S. Constitution requires states to license same-sex marriages, and whether it requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other places. But in Texas, lawmakers are working on their own answers to each: No and no, thank you very much.
snip
The bill is one of more than 20 measures introduced this session in Texas that LGBT rights groups view as blatant attempts to enshrine discrimination against gay and transgender people into state law. But the groups warn that HB 4105 is particularly dangerous in that it would essentially keep alive Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides in June.
“Texas is pioneering a new strategy to prevent equality for its LGBT residents,” said Chuck Smith, executive director of Equality Texas, on a press call Monday. “At its core, HB 4105 seeks to subvert any ruling that would allow the freedom to marry for loving, same-sex couples.”
It’s not the first time state lawmakers – particularly those in the South – have tried to arm themselves against recent or forthcoming advancements for LGBT equality. Over the past two years, as same-sex marriage grew from being legal in just a handful of states to well over half the country, dozens of Republican lawmakers have tried to pass so-called “religious freedom” measures that in many cases would allow individuals, businesses, and government employees to discriminate against LGBT people on religious grounds.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/texas-lawmakers-consider-anti-gay-marriage-bill
At one time King Canute ordered the tide not to come in and these people in
Texas are no different.
= new reply since forum marked as read
