"Homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice." written into Texas GOP platform.

[RandySF]

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The @TexasGOP has long opposed gay marriage, but its 2022 proposed platform has new language to describe homosexuality:

"Homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice."

This language wasn't in the party's 2018 and 2020 platforms. Delegates will vote on the 2022 platform today.
7:00 AM · Jun 18, 2022·Twitter Web App

[roamer65]

1. Christofascism is an abnormal lifestyle choice.

It needs to be eliminated, just like Hitler and his Nazis.

[underpants]

2. 💯

[panader0]

3. It's not a choice. Any more than being left-handed, which could also be considered abnormal,

since most people are right handed. Didn't bother Jimi Hendrix tho....

[roamer65]

5. I was never given a choice.

It’s just how I was wired.

[panader0]

6. exactamundo.

[underpants]

4. Are they planning on making sure it's not available in Texas in the internets?

Don’t half ass it if you feel that way Texas.

[GoodRaisin]

7. Their platform should just say "we want to govern all your personal life and choices."

It’s true, and all encompassing. From the party of “small government”.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. They're not going to stop there, y'all.

[roamer65]

25. You win the thread.

[milestogo]

11. We're regressing to that tired old argument.

[PSPS]

12. This particular culture war issue reminds me of this ...

[keep_left]

13. This is "co-belligerence", where radtrad Catholics and fundamentalist Protestants...

...make common cause even when they otherwise hate each other. (For example, Catholics have been extremely underrepresented in the leadership of most religious right groups, so they eventually created their own, especially when it came to the abortion issue). The "abnormal lifestyle choice" nonsense is extremely close to radtrad Catholic language. Their favorite thought-terminating cliché is "intrinsically disordered lifestyle". It is a constant mantra on EWTN, (Ir)-Relevant Radio, etc. Now it's finding its way into the GOP platform.

[mercuryblues]

14. hmm

What's a Log cabin republican to do?

[walkingman]

15. Those are some nasty bastards. Fuck'em.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Who is surprised by this?

The Texas GOP are a bunch of homophobes. They kicked out the log cabin GOP a long time ago

[aocommunalpunch]

17. I just tried choosing to be gay.

Don't know if I'm trying hard enough, but it's not working. Are there any tips or is it more something that you're born with?

[roamer65]

24. Sounds like a similar problem as to when I try to choose to be str8.

It’s a big nothing burger.

[ananda]

18. They banned the Log Cabin Reeps from their convention.

Geez, how members of an oppressed group can be
Reeps is totally beyond me.

[maxrandb]

21. But then Log Cabin Reeps

will continue to vote for them

[phylny]

19. Now force them to outlaw divorce, something Jesus actually mentioned.

And no, I don’t care about divorce, but make them own their hypocrisy.

[vercetti2021]

20. Being an idiot fascist fuckface apparently is too

They choose that lifestyle! Sorry I bother y'all but fucking kiss my trans ass Texas GQP. I'm still here and ain't going anywhere.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. No surprise

Link to tweet

[roamer65]

26. It's like gays in Nazi Germany trying to be friendly with Nazis.

Utterly absurd.

[jmowreader]

23. The same thing could be said about Republicanism...

…wine drinking, the buying and driving of small cars, owning more than 25 cats or anything else.

[NCLefty]

27. These dickheads are never going to stop with this shit.