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April 22, 2015

Republicans Move On Law Denying Marriage Equality - Even if Supreme Court Overturns Ban

Two weeks ago, the Texas House State Affairs committee heard public testimony on House Bill 4105 , a bill that would deny gay and lesbian couples the freedom to marry even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ ban on marriage this summer. With the U.S...

April 10, 2015

Watch: Jon Stewart Destroys Indiana RFRA

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Indiana, which recently signed into law discriminatory Religious Freedom legislation, was taken to task by Jon Stewart this week, as the Daily Show host laid out exactly what happens when these types of bills are passed. Texas, too, has similar...

March 30, 2015

Texas: Take Note of Indiana Religious Discrimination Backlash

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Last week, Indiana’s Republican Governor Mike Pence signed a bill known as the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” into law—a bill strikingly similar to one proposed in Texas this legislative session. In the days since, Indiana’s religious discrimination...

March 27, 2015

Attorney General Ken Paxton Denies Texans Marriage Benefits

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In response to a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on Thursday, a federal judge in Wichita Falls temporarily blocked federal rules that would give legally married gay and lesbian couples living in Texas spousal medical and family leave...

March 26, 2015

Anti-Marriage Equality Bill Comes Under Fire in Texas Committee Hearing

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Last night, members of the Texas House State Affairs Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1745 —introduced by Cecil Bell Jr.— which, if passed, would effectively bar state and local officials from issuing marriage licenses to LGBTQ couples. Needless to...

March 19, 2015

Stewart Destroys Texas Lawmaker With 5 Marriages

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Texas Rep. Tony Tinderholt considers himself a marriage expert. He should - with four divorces under his belt and currently on his fifth marriage - who is better to fight for the "sanctity" of marriage in Texas? I will let Jon Stewart take it from here...

March 10, 2015

One Religious Discrimination Bill Down - One to Go

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Yesterday, State Representative Jason Villalba announced he was reconsidering "entirely" his constitutional amendment proposal— HJR 55 —that would allow religion to be used as a weapon to discriminate, an excuse for abuse and a license to break the law...

March 6, 2015

Join the Texas Campaign to End LGBT Discrimination

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In Texas today it is legal to fire, deny housing or refuse service to gay and transgender Texans simply because of who they are. Without legal protections, many Texans must live with the burden of knowing that at any moment they could lose their...

March 6, 2015

300 Republicans Write Brief Supporting Marriage Equality - Zero Texas Republican Leaders Sign On

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Though over 300 Republicans from across the country signed a brief calling for the Supreme Court to support the freedom for same-sex couples to marry, not a single Texas Republican Party leader can be found on the list of signatories. This lack of support...

March 3, 2015

Five-Time Married Politician Wants to Defend Sanctity of Marriage

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Tony Tinderholt, Texas State Representative, is your hero defending the “sanctity of marriage.” Marriage is serious business for Rep. Tinderholt, as evidenced by the fact that he has had five of them, which is why he filed a handwritten complaint...

February 19, 2015

Show your Support for the First Same-Sex Married Couple in Texas!

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This morning, Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant - partners for almost 31 years - became the first legally-married same-sex couple in Texas. A Travis County district court ruling opened the door for the first gay couple to marry in Texas, despite a...

January 30, 2015

Equality Is On the Ups Nationwide

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Since the Supreme Court shredded the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, the nation as a whole has been trending toward equality. There have been 61 victories for the freedom to marry since then - 45 in federal courts and 16 at the state level - and we think...

January 18, 2015

Republicans on the Attack: Use Religion to Discriminate

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Right-wing conservatives in Texas are continuing their assault on local laws that protect LGBTQ Texans from discrimination, cloaking their harmful and unjust attacks under the guise of religious freedom. Though polls show 75% of Texans support prohibiting...

January 6, 2015

Texas Freedom To Marry; Back In Court

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Texas Republicans are continuing their discriminatory crusade against marriage equality, taking their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit this Friday. While a lower district court ruled that Texas’ ban on same sex marriage was...

December 11, 2014

Texas Republicans Propose Bill Allowing Discrimination, This Is How We Stop Them

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This is what we're up against this legislative session: A month out, and two Republican legislators have already filed proposals for constitutional amendments that would provide a license to discriminate against Texas’ LGBTQ community by using religion as...

October 24, 2014

How to Talk to Your Crazy Uncle About Marriage Equality

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Even as marriage equality sweeps across states throughout the country— 32 and counting — Texas Republicans remain hell bent on discriminating against LGBTQ Texans, using some insanely backwards and bigoted arguments to deny loving Texan couples the...

October 20, 2014

Would Greg Abbott Defend Interracial Marriage Ban?

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News just broke that in an interview with the San Antonio Express-News Attorney General Greg Abbott refused to answer whether he would defend an interracial marriage ban . For Abbott, who is fighting in court to deny LGBT Texans the freedom to marry and...

October 6, 2014

Til Death do They Part, Abbott and Cruz Vow to Block Marriage Equality

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Today the Supreme Court gave a green light for same-sex couples to marry in five more states when it refused to hear the appeals of states that were seeking to deny their citizens the right to marry. By refusing to hear the appeals, Indiana, Oklahoma,...

September 23, 2014

Texas Woman Denied Driver’s License Over Same-Sex Marriage

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While Texas’ conservative leaders like Attorney General Greg Abbott and 63 GOP legislators have been busy defending Texas’ discriminatory ban on same-sex marriage and battling the freedom for loving Texas couples to marry, one Texas woman, Connie Wilson,...

July 29, 2014

Abbott Appeals Marriage Ban, Refuses Petitions

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Greg Abbott is proving—once again—just how out of touch and wrong for Texas he is. Yesterday, Attorney General Greg Abbott both refused to accept over 5,000 Equality Texas petitions asking him to respect every Texan’s freedom to marry and appealed the...