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TX Senator: Same-Sex Marriage Causes Poverty, Trans Rights Pose Threat To Human Race
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by John Wright
February 25, 2017 9:51
Tea Partier Don Huffines Among Co-Authors Of Dan Patrick's Bathroom Bill

A Republican Texas state senator on Friday linked same-sex marriage to worldwide poverty, and suggested that transgender rights pose a threat to the survival of the human race.

Sen. Don Huffines of Dallas, a tea partier who is rabidly anti-LGBT, made the comments during a panel discussion on legislative issues hosted by The Texas Tribune. He referenced same-sex marriage in response to a question from an audience member about the impact of poverty on public education.

"The No. 1 cause of poverty, not only int he United States, but worldwide — most people don’t know this — [is] divorce," Huffines said. "The traditional family between a man and a woman is what is the ministry to our health, our education and our welfare. That’s just a statistical fact. Even the state of Texas will give you that. So if we really want to focus on poverty, let’s focus on keeping the families united and together. It’s a fact."

Huffines also expressed strong support for Senate Bill 6, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's anti-transgender bathroom bill. One audience member who's a student at a Dallas university told Huffines, a co-author of SB 6, that the school has gender-neutral restrooms.

"There has never been an incident ever of anyone violating anyone in a restroom," the student said. "I would invite you to come to a university, take a look at what it’s actually like, and maybe get the party of small government out of the restroom."

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Huffines, a political newcomer, was elected in 2014 after he defeated longtime Republican incumbent Sen. John Carona. Carona was among the first Republican lawmakers in Texas to publicly back LGBT rights.

In 2015, Huffines authored an unsuccessful bill that would have nullified LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances in cites across the state. . ................................



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