We are so screwed in Texas

[rainbow4321]

To hell with all of our other problems down here...TX repugs have their own agenda.

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/121004dntexwant.3c0f7.html


AUSTIN – The first bill assigned a priority number in the House isn't about public education or child abuse protection. It's a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Social conservatives have a firm grip on the levers of Texas government and are determined to steer the legislative session that begins Jan. 11.

Conservatives in and out of the Legislature say the time has come for school vouchers and has passed for quickie divorces. They will fight the legalization of slot machines and champion a ban on human cloning, including embryonic stem-cell research.

And they will join ranks with some pharmacists and church-affiliated hospitals so they will not have to dispense the "morning-after pill" or other prescriptions that they morally oppose. For some hospitals, that includes not having to provide such pills for rape victims brought to their emergency rooms.

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"There's no doubt that conservatives are in a good position," said Kelly Shackleford, president of the Free Market Foundation. "Now we're getting back to the kind of positive things that we can get done to help preserve life, to protect families or marriages. Those kinds of basic issues," he said.