Six Texas lawsus target gay marriage, LGBT rights after the fall of Roe v. Wa

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• SIX TEXAS LAWSUS TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, LGBT RIGHTS AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WAJONATHAN MCHELL, THE LAWYER WHO HELPED WRE THE ABORTN BOUNTY LAW, IS BEHD SEVERAL S THAT ULD ADVERSELY AFFECT LGBT RIGHTS. THE CY OF DALLAS' PRI FLAG (RIGHT) FLI ALONGSI THE TEXAS AND U.S. FLAGS OUTSI OF CY HALL DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 HONOR OF PRI MONTH. TEXAS IS POISED TO BEE A BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBT RIGHTS, AS NO FEWER THAN A HALF DOZEN LAWSUS ON THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE STATE'S FORMER SOLICOR GENERAL OVER THE ISSUE RECENT YEARS. (TOM FOX/THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS)(TOM FOX / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY LREN MCGGHY7:00 AM ON JUL 21, 2022 CDTAUSTIN — IN THE WAKE OF THE TOPPLG OF ROE VS. WA AND WH JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS URGG THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIS LGS ON GAY SEX AND MARRIAGE, TEXAS IS THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL LAWSUS ALG WH LGBT RIGHTS.RIGHT NOW, A HALF DOZEN S ON EVERYTHG OM SURANCE VERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTN TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ARE WENDG THEIR WAY THROUGH STATE AND FERAL URTS HERE. THEIR OUT ULD RADILLY ALTER RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNTRY.ADVERTISEMENTTHE LAWSUS ALL HAVE ONE THG MON: FORMER TEXAS SOLICOR GENERAL JONATHAN MCHELL.ADVERTISEMENTBT KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHD THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS TEXANS TO FILE CIVIL LAWSUS AGAST PEOPLE WHO HELP PREGNANT PEOPLE GET ABORTNS, MCHELL OPENED UP A LAW FIRM AT FOUR YEARS AGO WH THE GOAL OF SYSTEMATILLY DISMANTLG S OF URT LGS HE BELIEV PART OM THE U.S. CONSTUTN.BREAKG NEWSGET THE LATT BREAKG NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE DALLAS MORNG NEWS IS TRACKG SIX OF HIS S THAT ORIGATED TEXAS AND AL WH LGBT RIGHTS. HERE’S A SUMMARY OF EACH SE.RELATED:AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND MOREADVERTISEMENTGAY MARRIAGEDIANNE HENSLEY VS. STATE COMMISSN ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT (THIRD COURT OF APPEALS)BRIAN KEH UMPHRS VS. DAVID HALL, ET AL. (NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS)ADVERTISEMENTSUMMARY: BOTH OF THE S WERE BROUGHT BY TEXAS OFFICIALS WH THE THORY TO PERFORM WEDDGS BUT WHO DO NOT WANT TO OFFER MARRIAG TO SAME-SEX UPL BEE THEY SAY VLAT THEIR RELIG BELIEFS.ADVERTISEMENTONE SE STATE URT, FILED BY MCLENNAN COUNTY JTICE OF THE PEACE DIANNE HENSELY, ARGU THAT MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WHO ARE ERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECE THEMSELV OM PERFORMG CEREMONI FOR GAY UPL IF THE UPL HAVE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTN TO BE WED. THE OTHER SE, FERAL URT AND FILED BY JACK COUNTY JUDGE BRIAN KEH UMPHRS, MAK A SIAR ARGUMENT.BUT THE UMPHRS SE GO FURTHER, ARGUG THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN CLARED GAY MARRIAGE BANS UNNSTUTNAL 2015. IT URG THE URT TO REVIS THAT CISN.“THERE IS NO NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,” THE UMPHRS SE READS. “THE FERAL JUDICIARY HAS NO THORY TO REGNIZE OR VENT ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ NSTUTNAL RIGHTS.”ADVERTISEMENTUMPHRS’ SE IS AWAG A CISN OM THE FERAL APPEALS URT. HENSLEY’S SE IS BEFORE A STATE APPEALS URT AT.OTHER ACTORS: CHAD AND DTY FILLMORE OF FORT WORTH ARE ALSO LISTED AS LAWYERS FOR UMPHRS, AS ARE LAWYERS OM THE PLANO-BASED CHRISTIAN NONPROF LAW FIRM FIRST LIBERTY INSTUTE AND JACKSBORO-BASED FIRM SPILLER & SPILLER.POTENTIAL EFFECTS: IF MCHELL WS EHER SE, ERNMENTAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO WED ONLY OPPOSE-SEX UPL. IF THE UMPHRS SE PROCEEDS, THE QUTN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ULD AGA END UP BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. IN HIS NCURRG OPN THE CISN OVERTURNG ROE LAST MONTH, CLARENCE THOMAS URGED HIS FELLOW JTIC TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE IF A SE QUTNG THE NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO GAY MARRIAGE PRENTS SELF.RELATED:IF ROE V. WA FALLS, ARE LGBT RIGHTS NEXT? ADVERTISEMENTINSURANCE MANDAT
• DALLAS AMENDS ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW TO FE GENR INTY PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 10, 2015 U.S. FOX 10 PHOENIX SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD DALLAS - DALLAS CY LEARS VOTED UNANIMOLY TO CHANGE LANGUAGE OF AN ANTI-DISCRIMATN ORDANCE SO THAT GENR INTY IS CLEARLY FED. THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED TUDAY MORNG, CLARIFI THE CY'S EXISTG ORDANCE TO EXPLICLY BAN DISCRIMATN AGAST TRANSGENR PEOPLE LIVG AND WORKG DALLAS. SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS ALREADY VERED BY THE CY'S ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW, WHICH WAS FIRST ENACTED 2002. BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE AMENDMENT SAID GENR INTY IS DIFFERENT AND THERE NEED TO BE SOME CLARIFITN. DALLAS' LGBT TASK FORCE HAD WORKED ON THE REVISED WORDG FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE ORDANCE ALLOWS MEN WHO INTIFY THEMSELV AS WOMEN TO E WOMEN'S RTROOMS AND VICE VERSA. THAT APPLI TO ALL DALLAS BS AND EVEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. DALLAS ISD ALREADY ADOPTED A SIAR ORDANCE 2011. "IN THE ENTIRE UNED STAT, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRTED FOR BEG TRANSGENR A BATHROOM BEE SOMEBODY WAS THREATENED BY A TRANSGENR PERSON," SAID PATTI FK WH DALLAS GAY AND LBIAN ALLIANCE. "IT'S NEVER HAPPENED." THE AMENDMENT WAS DISCSED AT A MTEE LEVEL ON MONDAY BEFORE BEG SENT TO A VOTE BY THE FULL UNCIL ON TUDAY. THERE WAS MIMAL DISCSN BEFORE THE VOTE WAS HELD TUDAY MORNG. LGBT ADVOT WERE HAPPY WH THE OUTE. DALLAS MAYOR MIKE RAWLGS SAID AFTER THE VOTE THAT DALLAS IS A DIVERSE PLACE AND "WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS PROTECTED." A NSERVATIVE STATE SENATOR IS LLG THE NEW PROTECTNS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE DALLAS A SNEAK ATTACK. SEN. DON HUFF, A TEA PARTY NSERVATIVE, TWEETED, "DALLAS' LGBT ORDANCE WAS SHED THROUGH WH ALMOST NO PUBLIC REVIEW. THIS IS OBAMA & PELOSI STYLE SNEAK-ATTACK ERNANCE." IN ANOTHER TWEET, HE SAID, "REPEAL DALLAS' NEW LGBT ORDANCE IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS NOT REVIEWED OR THOUGHTFULLY NSIRED BY THE PUBLIC." LATER, HE PARED TO THE ORDANCE THAT WAS STCK DOWN HOTON LAST WEEK, TWEETG, "HOTON VOTERS SOUNDLY SAID NO TO MEN WOMEN'S BATHROOMS. DALLAS' NEW SNEAK-ATTACK LGBT ORDANCE MT BE REPEALED & REFULLY REVIEWED." LAST WEEK, VOTERS HOTON SAID NO TO AN EQUAL-RIGHTS ORDANCE THAT HAD BEEN IALLY APPROVED BY THE CY UNCIL THERE. OPPONENTS THERE CHARACTERIZED AS A "BATHROOM ORDANCE" AND AIRED ADS ABOUT THE DANGER OF MEN CLAIMG TO BE WOMEN BEG ABLE TO E WOMEN'S BATHROOMS AND POTENTIALLY HARM PEOPLE G THE FACILI. DALLAS COUNCILMAN PHILIP KGSTON FIRED BACK, "WENT THROUGH A YEAR OF PUBLIC DISCSN AND MAK NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTG PUBLIC POLICY OF DALLAS. STOP LYG." ~ FOX 4 IS ON YOUTUBE -- BREAKING NEWS
• DALLAS AMENDS ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW TO FE GENR INTY PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 10, 2015 NEWS FOX 4 NEWS DALLAS-FORT WORTH SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD DALLAS - DALLAS CY LEARS VOTED UNANIMOLY TO CHANGE LANGUAGE OF AN ANTI-DISCRIMATN ORDANCE SO THAT GENR INTY IS CLEARLY FED. THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED TUDAY MORNG, CLARIFI THE CY’S EXISTG ORDANCE TO EXPLICLY BAN DISCRIMATN AGAST TRANSGENR PEOPLE LIVG AND WORKG DALLAS. SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS ALREADY VERED BY THE CY’S ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW, WHICH WAS FIRST ENACTED 2002. BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE AMENDMENT SAID GENR INTY IS DIFFERENT AND THERE NEED TO BE SOME CLARIFITN. DALLAS' LGBT TASK FORCE HAD WORKED ON THE REVISED WORDG FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE ORDANCE ALLOWS MEN WHO INTIFY THEMSELV AS WOMEN TO E WOMEN'S RTROOMS AND VICE VERSA. THAT APPLI TO ALL DALLAS BS AND EVEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. DALLAS ISD ALREADY ADOPTED A SIAR ORDANCE 2011. “IN THE ENTIRE UNED STAT, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRTED FOR BEG TRANSGENR A BATHROOM BEE SOMEBODY WAS THREATENED BY A TRANSGENR PERSON,” SAID PATTI FK WH DALLAS GAY AND LBIAN ALLIANCE. “IT'S NEVER HAPPENED.” THE AMENDMENT WAS DISCSED AT A MTEE LEVEL ON MONDAY BEFORE BEG SENT TO A VOTE BY THE FULL UNCIL ON TUDAY. THERE WAS MIMAL DISCSN BEFORE THE VOTE WAS HELD TUDAY MORNG. LGBT ADVOT WERE HAPPY WH THE OUTE. DALLAS MAYOR MIKE RAWLGS SAID AFTER THE VOTE THAT DALLAS IS A DIVERSE PLACE AND "WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS PROTECTED." A NSERVATIVE STATE SENATOR IS LLG THE NEW PROTECTNS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE DALLAS A SNEAK ATTACK. SEN. DON HUFF, A TEA PARTY NSERVATIVE, TWEETED, “DALLAS’ LGBT ORDANCE WAS SHED THROUGH WH ALMOST NO PUBLIC REVIEW. THIS IS OBAMA & PELOSI STYLE SNEAK-ATTACK ERNANCE.” IN ANOTHER TWEET, HE SAID, “REPEAL DALLAS’ NEW LGBT ORDANCE IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS NOT REVIEWED OR THOUGHTFULLY NSIRED BY THE PUBLIC.” LATER, HE PARED TO THE ORDANCE THAT WAS STCK DOWN HOTON LAST WEEK, TWEETG, “HOTON VOTERS SOUNDLY SAID NO TO MEN WOMEN’S BATHROOMS. DALLAS’ NEW SNEAK-ATTACK LGBT ORDANCE MT BE REPEALED & REFULLY REVIEWED.” LAST WEEK, VOTERS HOTON SAID NO TO AN EQUAL-RIGHTS ORDANCE THAT HAD BEEN IALLY APPROVED BY THE CY UNCIL THERE. OPPONENTS THERE CHARACTERIZED AS A "BATHROOM ORDANCE" AND AIRED ADS ABOUT THE DANGER OF MEN CLAIMG TO BE WOMEN BEG ABLE TO E WOMEN'S BATHROOMS AND POTENTIALLY HARM PEOPLE G THE FACILI. DALLAS COUNCILMAN PHILIP KGSTON FIRED BACK, “WENT THROUGH A YEAR OF PUBLIC DISCSN AND MAK NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTG PUBLIC POLICY OF DALLAS. STOP LYG.” ~ FOX 4 IS ON YOUTUBE -- TRENDG NOW SHOOTG LEAV MAN AD 'QUIET' PLANO NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECT ARRTED TEENAGER AD, 2 WOUND AFTER SHOOTG AT OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME, POLICE SAY DISNEY CHANNEL ACTOR ARRTED ROCKWALL FOR PUBLIC TOXITN, ACCED OF STEALG BAG OF CHIPS NORTH TEXAS TO SEE A BREAK OM THE TRIPLE-DIG HEAT. HERE'S HOW LONG WILL LAST. CY OF DALLAS TO SPEND ANOTHER $1.5 LN TO REMOVE 'SHGLE MOUNTA' DAILY NEWSLETTER

SIX TEXAS LAWSUS TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, LGBT RIGHTS AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WAJONATHAN MCHELL, THE LAWYER WHO HELPED WRE THE ABORTN BOUNTY LAW, IS BEHD SEVERAL S THAT ULD ADVERSELY AFFECT LGBT RIGHTS. THE CY OF DALLAS' PRI FLAG (RIGHT) FLI ALONGSI THE TEXAS AND U.S. FLAGS OUTSI OF CY HALL DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 HONOR OF PRI MONTH. TEXAS IS POISED TO BEE A BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBT RIGHTS, AS NO FEWER THAN A HALF DOZEN LAWSUS ON THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE STATE'S FORMER SOLICOR GENERAL OVER THE ISSUE RECENT YEARS. (TOM FOX/THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS)(TOM FOX / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY LREN MCGGHY7:00 AM ON JUL 21, 2022 CDTAUSTIN — IN THE WAKE OF THE TOPPLG OF ROE VS. WA AND WH JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS URGG THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIS LGS ON GAY SEX AND MARRIAGE, TEXAS IS THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL LAWSUS ALG WH LGBT RIGHTS.RIGHT NOW, A HALF DOZEN S ON EVERYTHG OM SURANCE VERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTN TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ARE WENDG THEIR WAY THROUGH STATE AND FERAL URTS HERE. THEIR OUT ULD RADILLY ALTER RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNTRY.ADVERTISEMENTTHE LAWSUS ALL HAVE ONE THG MON: FORMER TEXAS SOLICOR GENERAL JONATHAN MCHELL.ADVERTISEMENTBT KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHD THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS TEXANS TO FILE CIVIL LAWSUS AGAST PEOPLE WHO HELP PREGNANT PEOPLE GET ABORTNS, MCHELL OPENED UP A LAW FIRM AT FOUR YEARS AGO WH THE GOAL OF SYSTEMATILLY DISMANTLG S OF URT LGS HE BELIEV PART OM THE U.S. CONSTUTN.BREAKG NEWSGET THE LATT BREAKG NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE DALLAS MORNG NEWS IS TRACKG SIX OF HIS S THAT ORIGATED TEXAS AND AL WH LGBT RIGHTS. HERE’S A SUMMARY OF EACH SE.RELATED:AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND MOREADVERTISEMENTGAY MARRIAGEDIANNE HENSLEY VS. STATE COMMISSN ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT (THIRD COURT OF APPEALS)BRIAN KEH UMPHRS VS. DAVID HALL, ET AL. (NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS)ADVERTISEMENTSUMMARY: BOTH OF THE S WERE BROUGHT BY TEXAS OFFICIALS WH THE THORY TO PERFORM WEDDGS BUT WHO DO NOT WANT TO OFFER MARRIAG TO SAME-SEX UPL BEE THEY SAY VLAT THEIR RELIG BELIEFS.ADVERTISEMENTONE SE STATE URT, FILED BY MCLENNAN COUNTY JTICE OF THE PEACE DIANNE HENSELY, ARGU THAT MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WHO ARE ERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECE THEMSELV OM PERFORMG CEREMONI FOR GAY UPL IF THE UPL HAVE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTN TO BE WED. THE OTHER SE, FERAL URT AND FILED BY JACK COUNTY JUDGE BRIAN KEH UMPHRS, MAK A SIAR ARGUMENT.BUT THE UMPHRS SE GO FURTHER, ARGUG THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN CLARED GAY MARRIAGE BANS UNNSTUTNAL 2015. IT URG THE URT TO REVIS THAT CISN.“THERE IS NO NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,” THE UMPHRS SE READS. “THE FERAL JUDICIARY HAS NO THORY TO REGNIZE OR VENT ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ NSTUTNAL RIGHTS.”ADVERTISEMENTUMPHRS’ SE IS AWAG A CISN OM THE FERAL APPEALS URT. HENSLEY’S SE IS BEFORE A STATE APPEALS URT AT.OTHER ACTORS: CHAD AND DTY FILLMORE OF FORT WORTH ARE ALSO LISTED AS LAWYERS FOR UMPHRS, AS ARE LAWYERS OM THE PLANO-BASED CHRISTIAN NONPROF LAW FIRM FIRST LIBERTY INSTUTE AND JACKSBORO-BASED FIRM SPILLER & SPILLER.POTENTIAL EFFECTS: IF MCHELL WS EHER SE, ERNMENTAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO WED ONLY OPPOSE-SEX UPL. IF THE UMPHRS SE PROCEEDS, THE QUTN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ULD AGA END UP BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. IN HIS NCURRG OPN THE CISN OVERTURNG ROE LAST MONTH, CLARENCE THOMAS URGED HIS FELLOW JTIC TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE IF A SE QUTNG THE NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO GAY MARRIAGE PRENTS SELF.RELATED:IF ROE V. WA FALLS, ARE LGBT RIGHTS NEXT? ADVERTISEMENTINSURANCE MANDAT

Supreme Court to revis lgs on gay sex and marriage, Texas is the stage for several lawsus alg wh LGBT now, a half dozen s on everythg om surance verage for HIV preventn to employment discrimatn and same-sex marriage are wendg their way through state and feral urts here.

Their out uld radilly alter rights for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Texas and across the lawsus all have one thg mon: former Texas solicor general Jonathan known as the man behd the state law that allows Texans to file civil lawsus agast people who help pregnant people get abortns, Mchell opened up a law firm At four years ago wh the goal of systematilly dismantlg s of urt lgs he believ part om the U. Related:After Roe, archect of Texas abortn law sets sights on gay marriage and moreGay marriageDianne Hensley vs.

(Northern District of Texas)Summary: Both of the s were brought by Texas officials wh the thory to perform weddgs but who do not want to offer marriag to same-sex upl bee they say vlat their relig se state urt, filed by McLennan County Jtice of the Peace Dianne Hensely, argu that marriage officiants who are ernment officials should be able to rece themselv om performg ceremoni for gay upl if the upl have a viable alternative optn to be wed. Supreme Court erred when clared gay marriage bans unnstutnal 2015. In his ncurrg opn the cisn overturng Roe last month, Clarence Thomas urged his fellow jtic to take up the issue if a se qutng the nstutnal right to gay marriage prents self.

DALLAS AMENDS ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW TO FE GENR INTY PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 10, 2015 U.S. FOX 10 PHOENIX SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD DALLAS - DALLAS CY LEARS VOTED UNANIMOLY TO CHANGE LANGUAGE OF AN ANTI-DISCRIMATN ORDANCE SO THAT GENR INTY IS CLEARLY FED. THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED TUDAY MORNG, CLARIFI THE CY'S EXISTG ORDANCE TO EXPLICLY BAN DISCRIMATN AGAST TRANSGENR PEOPLE LIVG AND WORKG DALLAS. SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS ALREADY VERED BY THE CY'S ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW, WHICH WAS FIRST ENACTED 2002. BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE AMENDMENT SAID GENR INTY IS DIFFERENT AND THERE NEED TO BE SOME CLARIFITN. DALLAS' LGBT TASK FORCE HAD WORKED ON THE REVISED WORDG FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE ORDANCE ALLOWS MEN WHO INTIFY THEMSELV AS WOMEN TO E WOMEN'S RTROOMS AND VICE VERSA. THAT APPLI TO ALL DALLAS BS AND EVEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. DALLAS ISD ALREADY ADOPTED A SIAR ORDANCE 2011. "IN THE ENTIRE UNED STAT, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRTED FOR BEG TRANSGENR A BATHROOM BEE SOMEBODY WAS THREATENED BY A TRANSGENR PERSON," SAID PATTI FK WH DALLAS GAY AND LBIAN ALLIANCE. "IT'S NEVER HAPPENED." THE AMENDMENT WAS DISCSED AT A MTEE LEVEL ON MONDAY BEFORE BEG SENT TO A VOTE BY THE FULL UNCIL ON TUDAY. THERE WAS MIMAL DISCSN BEFORE THE VOTE WAS HELD TUDAY MORNG. LGBT ADVOT WERE HAPPY WH THE OUTE. DALLAS MAYOR MIKE RAWLGS SAID AFTER THE VOTE THAT DALLAS IS A DIVERSE PLACE AND "WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS PROTECTED." A NSERVATIVE STATE SENATOR IS LLG THE NEW PROTECTNS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE DALLAS A SNEAK ATTACK. SEN. DON HUFF, A TEA PARTY NSERVATIVE, TWEETED, "DALLAS' LGBT ORDANCE WAS SHED THROUGH WH ALMOST NO PUBLIC REVIEW. THIS IS OBAMA & PELOSI STYLE SNEAK-ATTACK ERNANCE." IN ANOTHER TWEET, HE SAID, "REPEAL DALLAS' NEW LGBT ORDANCE IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS NOT REVIEWED OR THOUGHTFULLY NSIRED BY THE PUBLIC." LATER, HE PARED TO THE ORDANCE THAT WAS STCK DOWN HOTON LAST WEEK, TWEETG, "HOTON VOTERS SOUNDLY SAID NO TO MEN WOMEN'S BATHROOMS. DALLAS' NEW SNEAK-ATTACK LGBT ORDANCE MT BE REPEALED & REFULLY REVIEWED." LAST WEEK, VOTERS HOTON SAID NO TO AN EQUAL-RIGHTS ORDANCE THAT HAD BEEN IALLY APPROVED BY THE CY UNCIL THERE. OPPONENTS THERE CHARACTERIZED AS A "BATHROOM ORDANCE" AND AIRED ADS ABOUT THE DANGER OF MEN CLAIMG TO BE WOMEN BEG ABLE TO E WOMEN'S BATHROOMS AND POTENTIALLY HARM PEOPLE G THE FACILI. DALLAS COUNCILMAN PHILIP KGSTON FIRED BACK, "WENT THROUGH A YEAR OF PUBLIC DISCSN AND MAK NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTG PUBLIC POLICY OF DALLAS. STOP LYG." ~ FOX 4 IS ON YOUTUBE -- BREAKING NEWS

” The su also targets the Affordable Care Act’s mechanisms for cidg which re private surers mt ver, argug giv the feral agenci and other unelected bodi undue ntrol over cisns that should rema wh su specifilly mentns ntraceptn and the HIV preventn dgs known as PreP, which the platiffs say “facilate and enurage homosexual behavr, prostutn, sexual promiscuy, and traveno dg e.

"As the Texas Tribune pots out today, Dallas is one of several Texas ci wh laws on the books tend to protect lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr employe and rints. (David Woo/Staff photographer)Not so long agothe gay muny was fur wh Rawlgs after he refed to brg a marriage equaly vote to the cy uncil, proclaimg a non-issue over which the uncil had no ntrol. But the last 18 months, followg a low sre on the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equaly Inx, the uncil revised the cy’s Fay Medil Leave Ordance to clu a “signated re recipient, " and extend pensn benefs to the partners of gay and lbian police officers and firefighters.

Ordance protectg gays OK'dDiscrimatn ban Dallas clus hog, employmentBy COLLEEN McCAIN NELSON/Staff WrerDallas Cy Council members approved an ordance Wednday aimed at protectg gays and lbians, sayg that the anti-discrimatn measure was long uncil voted, 13-2, to adopt the ordance, which prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn hog, employment and such public plac as hotels and rtrants.

DALLAS AMENDS ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW TO FE GENR INTY PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 10, 2015 NEWS FOX 4 NEWS DALLAS-FORT WORTH SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD DALLAS - DALLAS CY LEARS VOTED UNANIMOLY TO CHANGE LANGUAGE OF AN ANTI-DISCRIMATN ORDANCE SO THAT GENR INTY IS CLEARLY FED. THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED TUDAY MORNG, CLARIFI THE CY’S EXISTG ORDANCE TO EXPLICLY BAN DISCRIMATN AGAST TRANSGENR PEOPLE LIVG AND WORKG DALLAS. SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS ALREADY VERED BY THE CY’S ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAW, WHICH WAS FIRST ENACTED 2002. BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE AMENDMENT SAID GENR INTY IS DIFFERENT AND THERE NEED TO BE SOME CLARIFITN. DALLAS' LGBT TASK FORCE HAD WORKED ON THE REVISED WORDG FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE ORDANCE ALLOWS MEN WHO INTIFY THEMSELV AS WOMEN TO E WOMEN'S RTROOMS AND VICE VERSA. THAT APPLI TO ALL DALLAS BS AND EVEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. DALLAS ISD ALREADY ADOPTED A SIAR ORDANCE 2011. “IN THE ENTIRE UNED STAT, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRTED FOR BEG TRANSGENR A BATHROOM BEE SOMEBODY WAS THREATENED BY A TRANSGENR PERSON,” SAID PATTI FK WH DALLAS GAY AND LBIAN ALLIANCE. “IT'S NEVER HAPPENED.” THE AMENDMENT WAS DISCSED AT A MTEE LEVEL ON MONDAY BEFORE BEG SENT TO A VOTE BY THE FULL UNCIL ON TUDAY. THERE WAS MIMAL DISCSN BEFORE THE VOTE WAS HELD TUDAY MORNG. LGBT ADVOT WERE HAPPY WH THE OUTE. DALLAS MAYOR MIKE RAWLGS SAID AFTER THE VOTE THAT DALLAS IS A DIVERSE PLACE AND "WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS PROTECTED." A NSERVATIVE STATE SENATOR IS LLG THE NEW PROTECTNS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE DALLAS A SNEAK ATTACK. SEN. DON HUFF, A TEA PARTY NSERVATIVE, TWEETED, “DALLAS’ LGBT ORDANCE WAS SHED THROUGH WH ALMOST NO PUBLIC REVIEW. THIS IS OBAMA & PELOSI STYLE SNEAK-ATTACK ERNANCE.” IN ANOTHER TWEET, HE SAID, “REPEAL DALLAS’ NEW LGBT ORDANCE IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS NOT REVIEWED OR THOUGHTFULLY NSIRED BY THE PUBLIC.” LATER, HE PARED TO THE ORDANCE THAT WAS STCK DOWN HOTON LAST WEEK, TWEETG, “HOTON VOTERS SOUNDLY SAID NO TO MEN WOMEN’S BATHROOMS. DALLAS’ NEW SNEAK-ATTACK LGBT ORDANCE MT BE REPEALED & REFULLY REVIEWED.” LAST WEEK, VOTERS HOTON SAID NO TO AN EQUAL-RIGHTS ORDANCE THAT HAD BEEN IALLY APPROVED BY THE CY UNCIL THERE. OPPONENTS THERE CHARACTERIZED AS A "BATHROOM ORDANCE" AND AIRED ADS ABOUT THE DANGER OF MEN CLAIMG TO BE WOMEN BEG ABLE TO E WOMEN'S BATHROOMS AND POTENTIALLY HARM PEOPLE G THE FACILI. DALLAS COUNCILMAN PHILIP KGSTON FIRED BACK, “WENT THROUGH A YEAR OF PUBLIC DISCSN AND MAK NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTG PUBLIC POLICY OF DALLAS. STOP LYG.” ~ FOX 4 IS ON YOUTUBE -- TRENDG NOW SHOOTG LEAV MAN AD 'QUIET' PLANO NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECT ARRTED TEENAGER AD, 2 WOUND AFTER SHOOTG AT OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME, POLICE SAY DISNEY CHANNEL ACTOR ARRTED ROCKWALL FOR PUBLIC TOXITN, ACCED OF STEALG BAG OF CHIPS NORTH TEXAS TO SEE A BREAK OM THE TRIPLE-DIG HEAT. HERE'S HOW LONG WILL LAST. CY OF DALLAS TO SPEND ANOTHER $1.5 LN TO REMOVE 'SHGLE MOUNTA' DAILY NEWSLETTER

Miller and uncil members John Loza, Veletta Forsythe Lill, Ed Oakley and Elba Garcia worked wh gay and lbian lears to draft the Loza told his lleagu that their cisn reaffirmed the worth of every Dallas rint. "As a gay man, today I am pecially proud of my cy.

Oakley, who is also gay, said the ordance simply ensured that all people are treated fairly. Walne Freeman, who urged the uncil to reject the ordance, said the proposal would regulate or even outlaw beliefs that homosexualy is wrong. "Regardls of how you personally feel about gays, lbians, the transgenred and bisexuals, know that we are your nstuents, " he said.

The Circle of Friends, was the first gay anizatn Dallas, tablished 1965 by Phil Johnson. The anizatn was meant to help foster a sense of muny amongst the Gay & Lbian populatn, improve relatns wh the non-gay populatn, and work wh straight alli to prevent harassment and discrimatn. Non-gay misters workg wh the Circle of Friends provid protectn for members as there was a general hostily and blatant discrimatn agast the gay muny.