Texas GOP's new platform lls gay people 'abnormal' and rejects trans inti

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• QUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE HAS ADVOT, EXPERTS ASKG: WHAT DO THIS TEXAS LAWMAKER WANT?GOP STATE REP. JAM WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT. WHE IS NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE.REP. JAM WHE, R-HILLISTER, SPEAKS DURG A PRS NFERENCE HELD BY TEXAS PRISONS AIR-CONDNG ADVOT ON TUDAY, MARCH 12, 2019 AT THE JOHN H REAGAN STATE OFFICE BUILDG AT. WHE, WHO IS NNG THE GOP PRIMARY FOR AGRICULTURE MISSNER, LAST WEEK ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHETHER PRIVATE CIZENS NEED TO REGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAG.(ASHLEY LANDIS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY SAMI SPARBER AND LREN MCGGHY5:30 AM ON OCT 27, 2021 CDTLISTENAUSTIN — DO PRIVATE CIZENS TEXAS NEED TO REGNIZE GAY MARRIAG?THAT’S THE QUTN REP. JAM WHE, A REPUBLIN LAWMAKER NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE, ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAST WEEK. WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT.ADVERTISEMENTMORE THAN SIX YEARS AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE NATNWI OBERGEFELL VS. HODG — AND WH FEW OTHER PROTECTNS FOR LGBTQ TEXANS — THEY WONRED, WHAT EXACTLY IS WHE’S POT?ADVERTISEMENTEXPERTS SAID THEY DIDN’T THK WHE’S REQUT WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON CURRENT LAW, CHALKG UP TO POLIL POSTURG AHEAD OF A NSERVATIVE PRIMARY RACE. IT MAY BE PART OF A NSERVATIVE TREND TO LEAVE UNENFORCEABLE LAWS ON THE BOOKS SE THE LGS ARE REVERSED.POLIL POTSGET THE LATT POLICS NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE 2015 OBERGEFELL CISN MA THE BAN ON SAME SEX-MARRIAGE TEXAS AND 12 OTHER STAT UNENFORCEABLE. BUT LAWMAKERS HAVE NEVER REMOVED THE LANGUAGE, WHICH VOTERS ENSHRED THE TEXAS CONSTUTN 2005. IN AN TERVIEW WH THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS, WHE SAID HE IS NOT ASKG ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO REJECT THE URT’S LG ON GAY MARRIAGE.“SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYG, ‘OH HE’S ASKG TO SEE IF OBERGEFELL IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS,’” WHE SAID. “NO, I’M NOT SAYG THAT. IT IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS — AS APPLI TO ERNMENT OFFICIALS REGNIZG DIFFERENT MARRIAGE NSTCTS.”ADVERTISEMENTHE ADD: “BUT HOW DO APPLY TO PRIVATE CIZENS?”WHE DID NOT HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT SUATN HE SEEKS TO ADDRS NOR DID HE SAY A SPECIFIC CINT SPURRED HIM TO ASK THE QUTN AT THIS TIME.ADVERTISEMENTHE MENTNED THE RIGHTS OF CLERGY TO REJECT GAY UNNS — BUT SAID THAT IS NOT THE SOLE REASON HE FILED THIS REQUT. THEN HE WAVED OFF — BUT DID NOT PLETELY REJECT — THAT HE WANTS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO WEIGH ON WHETHER BS N NY SERVIC TO SAME-SEX UPL.ADVERTISEMENT“I DON’T KNOW IF BS ARE PRIVATE CIZENS,” WHE SAID, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGG THEY MAY BE OWNED OR N BY PRIVATE CIZENS. “MAYBE A PRIVATE CIZEN ULD BE SOMEONE WHO SAYS THEY’RE A PREACHER. ... IT ULD BE A CHURCH AN BOARD.”WHE SAID HILLISTER BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE ATTEND UNTIL RECENTLY, CHECKED S BYLAWS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT LG TO MAKE SURE FED MARRIAGE A WAY THAT WAS “NSISTENT WH CHURCH DOCTRE.”LEGAL TO TURN AWAY CTOMERS
• TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
• WHAT THE HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN TEXAS CAN TEACH US ABOUT ITS FUTURE
• STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON'T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER'S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• TEXAS GAY MARRIAGE BAN LATT TO BE STCK DOWN
• APPEALS JUDG RAISE DOUBTS ON GAY MARRIAGE BAN

QUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE HAS ADVOT, EXPERTS ASKG: WHAT DO THIS TEXAS LAWMAKER WANT?GOP STATE REP. JAM WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT. WHE IS NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE.REP. JAM WHE, R-HILLISTER, SPEAKS DURG A PRS NFERENCE HELD BY TEXAS PRISONS AIR-CONDNG ADVOT ON TUDAY, MARCH 12, 2019 AT THE JOHN H REAGAN STATE OFFICE BUILDG AT. WHE, WHO IS NNG THE GOP PRIMARY FOR AGRICULTURE MISSNER, LAST WEEK ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHETHER PRIVATE CIZENS NEED TO REGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAG.(ASHLEY LANDIS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY SAMI SPARBER AND LREN MCGGHY5:30 AM ON OCT 27, 2021 CDTLISTENAUSTIN — DO PRIVATE CIZENS TEXAS NEED TO REGNIZE GAY MARRIAG?THAT’S THE QUTN REP. JAM WHE, A REPUBLIN LAWMAKER NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE, ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAST WEEK. WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT.ADVERTISEMENTMORE THAN SIX YEARS AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE NATNWI OBERGEFELL VS. HODG — AND WH FEW OTHER PROTECTNS FOR LGBTQ TEXANS — THEY WONRED, WHAT EXACTLY IS WHE’S POT?ADVERTISEMENTEXPERTS SAID THEY DIDN’T THK WHE’S REQUT WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON CURRENT LAW, CHALKG UP TO POLIL POSTURG AHEAD OF A NSERVATIVE PRIMARY RACE. IT MAY BE PART OF A NSERVATIVE TREND TO LEAVE UNENFORCEABLE LAWS ON THE BOOKS SE THE LGS ARE REVERSED.POLIL POTSGET THE LATT POLICS NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE 2015 OBERGEFELL CISN MA THE BAN ON SAME SEX-MARRIAGE TEXAS AND 12 OTHER STAT UNENFORCEABLE. BUT LAWMAKERS HAVE NEVER REMOVED THE LANGUAGE, WHICH VOTERS ENSHRED THE TEXAS CONSTUTN 2005. IN AN TERVIEW WH THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS, WHE SAID HE IS NOT ASKG ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO REJECT THE URT’S LG ON GAY MARRIAGE.“SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYG, ‘OH HE’S ASKG TO SEE IF OBERGEFELL IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS,’” WHE SAID. “NO, I’M NOT SAYG THAT. IT IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS — AS APPLI TO ERNMENT OFFICIALS REGNIZG DIFFERENT MARRIAGE NSTCTS.”ADVERTISEMENTHE ADD: “BUT HOW DO APPLY TO PRIVATE CIZENS?”WHE DID NOT HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT SUATN HE SEEKS TO ADDRS NOR DID HE SAY A SPECIFIC CINT SPURRED HIM TO ASK THE QUTN AT THIS TIME.ADVERTISEMENTHE MENTNED THE RIGHTS OF CLERGY TO REJECT GAY UNNS — BUT SAID THAT IS NOT THE SOLE REASON HE FILED THIS REQUT. THEN HE WAVED OFF — BUT DID NOT PLETELY REJECT — THAT HE WANTS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO WEIGH ON WHETHER BS N NY SERVIC TO SAME-SEX UPL.ADVERTISEMENT“I DON’T KNOW IF BS ARE PRIVATE CIZENS,” WHE SAID, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGG THEY MAY BE OWNED OR N BY PRIVATE CIZENS. “MAYBE A PRIVATE CIZEN ULD BE SOMEONE WHO SAYS THEY’RE A PREACHER. ... IT ULD BE A CHURCH AN BOARD.”WHE SAID HILLISTER BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE ATTEND UNTIL RECENTLY, CHECKED S BYLAWS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT LG TO MAKE SURE FED MARRIAGE A WAY THAT WAS “NSISTENT WH CHURCH DOCTRE.”LEGAL TO TURN AWAY CTOMERS

AUSTIN — Do private cizens Texas need to regnize gay marriag? Whe’s requt for opn ed a stir on social media, bafflg nstutnal scholars and angerg gay rights than six years after the U.

Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnwi Obergefell vs.

TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI

In an terview wh The Dallas Morng News, Whe said he is not askg Attorney General Ken Paxton to reject the urt’s lg on gay marriage.

”Whe did not have an example for what suatn he seeks to addrs nor did he say a specific cint spurred him to ask the qutn at this mentned the rights of clergy to reject gay unns — but said that is not the sole reason he filed this requt.

WHAT THE HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN TEXAS CAN TEACH US ABOUT ITS FUTURE

In Louisiana, for example, law enforcement officers arrted gay men unr the lor of that state’s ban on gay sexual ntact 2013 and 2015.

STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS

”Paxton, a Republin opposed to expandg gay rights, is up for reelectn next year. “If he is sayg that private cizens nnot regnize same-sex marriag, then that is clearly a vlatn of the First Amendment, ” Carpenter murred when asked whether he wants Paxton to say Texans are banned om regnizg gay unns.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON'T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER'S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

As for his personal beliefs, Whe said he supports the “one man, one woman” fn of marriage but add that do not mean he has “had bad experienc” wh gay upl. In that lg, Jtice Clarence Thomas wrote a ncurrg opn that the urt should nsir reversg lgs that said was unnstutnal for stat to ban same-sex marriage, crimalize homosexualy and rtrict accs to ntraceptn, alarmg Democrats.

TEXAS GAY MARRIAGE BAN LATT TO BE STCK DOWN

The state GOP has also nmned same-sex marriage every one of s biennial platforms, and this year’s platform clud a plank that said “homosexualy is an abnormal liftyle choice.

The Texas Republin Party unveiled s official posn on LGBTQ issu over the weekend, fg homosexualy as an "abnormal liftyle choice" and also opposg "all efforts to validate transgenr inty.

APPEALS JUDG RAISE DOUBTS ON GAY MARRIAGE BAN

"Thoands of Republin activists met at the party’s biennial nventn Hoton on Saturday to agree to the party's platform on a range of issu, cludg the rejectn of the 2020 electn rults and a ll to repeal of the 1965 Votg Right Act, which was enacted to prevent discrimatn agast Black a sectn tled "Homosexualy and genr issu, " the party suggted that LGBTQ people should not be legally protected om discrimatn and that beg gay or trans is a choice.

"Homosexualy is an abnormal liftyle choice, " the 40-page rolutn reads.