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ACTION ALERT: Anti-LGBT legislation surfaces as session winds down
State Sen. Donna Campbell The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed SB 1218, which would prohibit anyone from obtaining a marriage license with a document that lacks a photo, including an affidavit of sex...
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TX House passes anti-gay amendment allowing student clubs at universities to...
State Rep. Matt Krause The Texas House passed an amendment Wednesday afternoon that would allow student clubs at universities to discriminate against people for membership. The motion passed 78-67...
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Last anti-gay measure dies in TX Lege
State Rep. Matt Krause As the session winded down last week, an anti-gay amendment by Fort Worth’s Matt Krause was still pending in SB 215 but was ultimately killed. The amendment, which was originally...
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Rep. Matt Krause says he’s not anti-gay despite Equality Texas ranking
State Rep. Matt Krause Fort Worth Republican Matt Krause was recently named the worst legislator in the state House on LGBT issues by Equality Texas. Krause called last Thursday night after the...
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Rep. Matt Krause acknowledges gay marriage won’t ruin ‘traditional family’
Fort Worth Republican state Rep. Matt Krause has stated before that he’s against same-sex marriage, but he opined over the holiday weekend that gays marrying won’t ruin opposite-sex marriages. “I’ve...
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Rep. Krause files anti-LGBT religious liberty amendment
Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth. It’s baaaaaack. Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, filed HJR 125, an identical version of the religious liberty resolution that was previously introduced and then abandoned...
View ArticleThe WWE smack down you may have missed: Rafael McDonnell v. Matt Krause
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To RFRA or not
Religious liberty bills promise freedom, but for whom? JAMES RUSSELL | Staff Writer In a 1989 decision, Employment Division v. Smith, involving two men who were fired for smoking peyote as part of a...
View ArticleBREAKING: ‘Dangerous’ HB 3172 stopped through parliamentary move
State Reps. Celia Israel, Mary Gonzalez Erin Zweiner, Jessica Gonzalez and Julie Johnson, the Texas Legislature’s five openly LGBT members Texas House Bill 3172, one of several “religious refusal”...
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Tx House LGBTQ Caucus condemns HB 1399
The Texas House LGBTQ Caucus includes openly LGBTQ lawmakers, from left, Mary Gonzalez, Julie Johnson, Erin Zweiner, Celia Israel and Jessica Gonzalez. (Photo via Facebook) The Texas House LGBTQ Caucus...
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