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

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. "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.

"We believe there should be no grantg of special legal entlements or creatn of special stat for homosexual behavr, regardls of state of orig, and we oppose any crimal or civil penalti agast those who oppose homosexualy out of fah, nvictn, or belief tradnal valu.

"The Texas Republin Party blocked the Log Cab Republins, a longstandg group of gay nservativ — which also supports many of the party’s anti-LGBTQ polici — om havg a booth at Saturday's nventn. "The party's new official stance on sexual orientatn and genr inty also cis wh a recent natnwi surge charged rhetoric om media punds and policians about LGBTQ recent months, nservative lawmakers, televisn punds and other public figur have acced opponents of a newly enacted Florida tn legislatn — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — of tryg to “groom” or “doctrate” children.

TEXAS GOP ADOPTS ANTI-LGBTQ PLATFORM, REFERS TO BEG GAY AS ‘ABNORMAL’

The word “groomg” has long been associated wh mischaracterizg LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgenr women, as child sex abers. The Texas Republin party adopted a new platform on Saturday that refers to homosexualy as “abnormal” and “oppos all efforts to validate transgenr inty. The Texas GOP party adopted the 40-page platform at s biennial nventn Hoton after passg the party’s new guidg prcipl, which clus a sectn tled “Homosexualy and Genr Issu.

The sectn clus a formal posn clarg the state’s GOP party is agast givg a special legal stat to gay men or women and that they support people who oppose homosexualy based on fah, relign or a belief “tradnal valu.

“Homosexualy is an abnormal liftyle choice, ” the platform document reads. “We believe there should be no grantg of special legal entlements or creatn of special stat for homosexual behavr, regardls of state of orig.

TEXAS REPUBLINS APPROVE PLATFORM CONMNG GAY MARRIAGE, REJECTG 2020 ELECTN

The sectn also oppos the e of public funds for homosexualy, transgenr or diversy and equy cln centers as well as for genr-affirmg re — while supportg ntroversial unselg methods tend to “nvert” members of the LGBTQ muny. In a giant step to the dark ag, the newly adopted platform of the Texas Republin Party now officially clar that homosexualy is an “abnormal choice. ”(Photo:)(Photo:)The platform spells out other posns explicly opposed to the LGBTQ muny unr s sectn on “Homosexualy and Genr Issu.

Delegat at the nventn were peppered wh flyers attackg the LGBTQ muny, cludg one warng: “Beware of the Homosexual Agenda.

TEXAS GOP PLATFORM EMBRAC FAR-RIGHT AND ANTI-GAY RHETORIC

The Texas Republin Party held s annual state nventn Hoton last weekend wh a platform that clud approvg a rolutn nmng homosexualy, rejectg the legimacy of the 2020 electn and rebg the state's senr senator. The GOP platform lls homosexualy an abnormal liftyle choice.

Texas GOP platform embrac far-right and anti-gay rhetoric Texas Republins recently adopted homophobic and transphobic language their party platform, part of a larger trend of mov agast LGBTQ rights by nservativ.

GAY REPUBLIN GROUP BLASTS ‘CRAZY PEOPLE’ TEXAS GOP FOR ANTI-LGBT PLATFORM

Texas GOP platform embrac far-right and anti-gay rhetoric. Texas Republins recently adopted homophobic and transphobic language their party platform, part of a larger trend of mov agast LGBTQ rights by nservativ. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Texas Republins recently serted homophobic and transphobic language to the state party's platform.

But what Texas Republins had to say about gay rights and homosexualy and transgenr people really stands out. First and foremost, the party wrote that homosexualy is an abnormal liftyle choice.

They also clud language that says there shouldn't be any special legal protectns for gay, lbian and bisexual people, and they oppose any crimal or civil penalti agast people who oppose homosexualy.

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