Grammar Fail: Texas GOP Platform May Actually Imply That Most Texans Are Gay

[KamaAina]

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/grammar_fail_texas_gop_platform_accidentally_implies_that_most_texans_are_gay

Some members of the Texas Republican Party are questioning the wording of an anti-gay plank in the party's platform, saying it mistakenly implies that the majority of the state's residents are gay.

"There's a grammatical argument going on," said Rudy Oeftering, vice president of the LGBT Republican group Metroplex Republicans, who brought the issue to my attention. "Some are insisting the use of commas in the 'Homosexuality' plank in the platform could be interpreted as saying that the founders and the majority of Texans are gay."

Here's the sentence in question, as it appears in the platform approved by delegates to the state GOP convention last week:
Homosexuality - Homosexuality is a chosen behavior that is contrary to the fundamental unchanging truths that has been ordained by God in the Bible, recognized by our nations founders, and shared by the majority of Texans....

If this is indeed a grammatical error, it could be the Texas GOP's biggest and most embarrassing since the anti-gay marriage amendment of 2005, which actually read as though it banned ALL marriages.

[oldandhappy]

1. giggle

[immoderate]

2. Texans "like to have fun."

--imm

[Egnever]

3. Funny but..

The whole platform is horrific.

The idea that there is a whole group of people that came up with it and support it is the stuff of nightmares.

Texas Protecting Texans- We support Federal legislation remanding all authority over abortion back to the individual States and removing all standing on this issue from the federal judiciary as given by Article III in the US Constitution.

United States Senators- We support the repeal of the 17th Amendment of the United States Constitution and the appointment of United States Senators by the state legislatures.

We oppose socialism in any form. We support the Texas Legislature and the United States Congress in enacting legislation that prohibits any judicial jurisdiction from allowing any substitute or parallel system of law, specifically foreign law (including Sharia Law).

“Climate Change” is a political agenda promoted to control every aspect of our lives. We support the defunding of “climate justice” initiatives and the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency and repeal of the Endangered Species Act.

We urge that the Voter Rights Act of 1965, codified and updated in 1973, be repealed and not reauthorized.

We support the definition of marriage as a God-ordained, legal and moral commitment only between one natural man and one natural woman.

Homosexuality is a chosen behavior that is contrary to the fundamental unchanging truths that has been ordained by God in the Bible, recognized by our nations founders, and shared by the majority of Texans. Homosexuality must not be presented as an acceptable alternative lifestyle, in public policy, nor should family be redefined to include homosexual couples.

We are resolute in our support of the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

We unequivocally oppose the United States Senate’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

We pledge our influence toward a return to the original intent of the 1st Amendment and toward dispelling the myth of separation of church and state.

The Export-Import Bank should not be re-authorized after expiration on June 30th.

We support the immediate repeal of Dodd-Frank legislation and replace with the Glass-Steagall Act.

We also encourage the adoption of a National Right to Work Act.

We believe the Minimum Wage Law should be repealed.

We oppose all efforts to classify carbon dioxide as a pollutant.

We oppose the implementation of any cap and trade (aka “Cap and Tax”) system through legislation or regulation.

We call upon the United States House of Representatives to continue the select committee and appoint a special prosecutor in order to subpoena testimony to fully investigate all aspects of the Benghazi debacle.

International Trade- We strongly oppose the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA), and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We demand the immediate withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). We demand the repeal of the current Fast Track Authority/TPA.

International Organizations- We support United States withdrawal from the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, and the World Bank.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/312471673/Texas-GOP-Permanent-Platform-Committee-Report

credit to DUer pampango who posted this summation. Reading the actual document is even worse if you can believe that.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Too right. It's the moral failure that really grabs your attention.

Imagine an actual gov't policy that requires everyone to like the Bible, just because "most" Texans do.

Majority rule should not mean oppression of minority views.

[Egnever]

8. Yup

which is why the founders were trying to avoid majority rule when they set up our republic. They recognized the tyranny of the majority something the Texas republicans seem to be quite deft at denying.

We pledge our influence toward a return to the original intent of the 1st Amendment and toward dispelling the myth of separation of church and state.

Makes one curious what they believe the original intent of this text actually was.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

Can't for the life of me figure out how one can find that the least bit confusing or open to interpretation.

[skip fox]

4. As an English professor for 34 years, I say

let them go ahead and pass it since they will have acknowledged that homosexuality was recognized by the founding fathers shared by their fellow Texans!


That's what it says, after all.

[struggle4progress]

6. Their grammar sucks almost as bad as their ideas

[pinboy3niner]

7. New state slogan: "Everything's gayer in Texas"