GAY TRUTH

A coalition of business interests is descending on Texas lawmakers to pressure them to abandon several pieces of pending legislation that would protect various professionals in the state from being forced to engage in practices that violate their consciences on issues such as abortion and sexuality. The Texas Legislature is currently considering a handful of religious-freedom bills, the Austin American-Statesman reports. They would bar state licensing agencies from limiting professionals’ ability to act on a “sincerely held religious belief,” let medical professionals refuse to provide non-emergency treatments such as abortions, let Texans choose not to provide goods, services, or participation to same-sex “weddings,” let judges refuse to perform “marriages” that conflict with their religious beliefs, protect businesses’ right to segregate bathrooms based on biological sex, and allow religious groups including university organizations limit hiring, renting, or membership to indi

Don't mess with Texas. The state has had an independent streak since the  days when it was an independent nation in 1845, and they don't appear ready to cotton to   new federal guidelines   that all public schools must allow biological males who say they are transgender to use the girls' showers and locker rooms. In a defiant press conference, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said today the state would refuse federal funding before putting its children at risk. "We will not be blackmailed by the president's 30 pieces of silver," Lt. Gov. Patrick said. He said the policy, if adopted, “will be the end of public education.” “People will pull their kids out” of unsafe schools, he said. “ Homeschooling will explode. Private schools will increase. School choice will pass.” “I believe it is the biggest issue facing America since prayer was taken out of schools,” Lt. Gov. Patrick added. He added that, if necessary, the state of Texas will make up the r