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Religious Right Takes Bathroom Fight Back to Schools after Defeat at Capitol
After failing to pass a bathroom bill at the Legislature, religious-right conservatives target LGBT-inclusive policies at schools.
by Michael Barajas
@michaelsbarajas
Published
Thu, Sep 14, 2017
at 2:31 pm CST
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Lawmakers this year proposed no fewer than two dozen bills aimed at restricting the rights of LGBT Texans. In June, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a measure that critics say allows private, religious-based adoption agencies to turn away LGBT parents. A so-called bathroom bill to police public restroom access for transgender Texans became a defining issue in the Legislature, but with overwhelming opposition from schools, police officials and big business leaders, the more moderate House refused to pass it. As House Speaker Joe Straus told the New Yorkers Lawrence Wright, I dont want the suicide of a single Texan on my hand.
Despite, or perhaps because of, that defeat, Parker and other activists are still hunting for bathroom battles. It makes sense theyd look for them in schools. After conservative Christian groups such as Texas Values killed LGBT protections in Houston with the rallying cry No Men in Womens Restrooms in 2015, they zeroed in on schools with trans-inclusive policies. When Fort Worth ISD issues guidelines for faculty on navigating gender issues, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick demanded that the superintendent resign and called the conflict a modern day come-and-take-it moment.
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Michael Barajas is a staff writer covering civil rights for the Observer. You can reach him on Twitter or at barajas@texasobserver.org.
After failing to pass a bathroom bill at the Legislature, religious-right conservatives target LGBT-inclusive policies at schools.
by Michael Barajas
@michaelsbarajas
Published
Thu, Sep 14, 2017
at 2:31 pm CST
....
Lawmakers this year proposed no fewer than two dozen bills aimed at restricting the rights of LGBT Texans. In June, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a measure that critics say allows private, religious-based adoption agencies to turn away LGBT parents. A so-called bathroom bill to police public restroom access for transgender Texans became a defining issue in the Legislature, but with overwhelming opposition from schools, police officials and big business leaders, the more moderate House refused to pass it. As House Speaker Joe Straus told the New Yorkers Lawrence Wright, I dont want the suicide of a single Texan on my hand.
Despite, or perhaps because of, that defeat, Parker and other activists are still hunting for bathroom battles. It makes sense theyd look for them in schools. After conservative Christian groups such as Texas Values killed LGBT protections in Houston with the rallying cry No Men in Womens Restrooms in 2015, they zeroed in on schools with trans-inclusive policies. When Fort Worth ISD issues guidelines for faculty on navigating gender issues, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick demanded that the superintendent resign and called the conflict a modern day come-and-take-it moment.
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Michael Barajas is a staff writer covering civil rights for the Observer. You can reach him on Twitter or at barajas@texasobserver.org.
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Texas: Religious Right Takes Bathroom Fight Back to Schools after Defeat at Capitol (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)1. Discriminating against people with no power is very important to cons.
FAR more important than jobs, etc.
When we want to entertain ourselves we go to a ball game, movie, party or just out for a nice walk.
When a con gets bored and needs excitement they look for people with less power than them to harm.
Initech
(100,028 posts)2. The religious right are why we can't have nice things.