Tag: Texas
Some Americans Love To Hate
In Texas, they’re building a memorial plaza for Chris Kyle, the sniper of “American Sniper”, with trees from George W. Bush’s Crawford ranch. Kyle was, at a “bare minimum, was a racist who took pleasure in dehumanising and killing brown people”.
Federal Court Says Texas’ Gay Marriage Ban Is Unconsitutional
Oh yes, I just wanted to write that headline! Remember that a court striking down Texas’ anti-sodomy laws brought us Lawrence V Texas too — invalidating the remaining anti-sodomy laws on several states’ books. From TPM:
{Judge Orlando} Garcia, a Bill Clinton appointee, wrote in his decision that Texas’ constitutional ban on same-sex marriage violates equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
“Texas’ current marriage laws deny homosexual couples the right to marry, and in doing so, demean their dignity for no legitimate reason,” he wrote. “Accordingly, the Court finds these laws are unconstitutional and hereby grants a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendants from enforcing Texas’ bans on same-sex marriage.”
Texas Tidbits
Gail Collins has a wonderful piece in today’s New York Times that rightly slams Texas and its governor, Rick Perry, about education and abstinence.
I Wish They All Could Be California Text Books
A California state senator has submitted legislation that would not allow newly approved Texas social studies text books in the Golden State. The senator said: “While some Texas politicians may want to set their educational standards back 50 years, California should not be subject to their backward curriculum changes. The alterations and fallacies made by […]
It’s Time To Mess With Texas
History should be something we learn from, but if the Texas School Board gets its way learning will be replaced by indoctrination. The board is to vote on a sweeping purge of alleged liberal bias in Texas school textbooks in favour of what Dunbar says really matters: a belief in America as a nation chosen […]
Houston Loves Teh Gay
The City of Houston becomes the largest city in the Union to elect an openly gay candidate for mayor. Texas, who would have ever guessed it. I mean this is a state that prides itself in executing the mentally handicapped and most likely executed an innocent man. I would be remiss if I did not […]
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Breaking: Shooters On Loose In Ft. Hood, TX
This sounds ominous… At least seven people are dead and 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, the base’s public affairs office told NBC News on Thursday. The official would not give his name nor additional details. It was unknown whether victims are soldiers or civilians. One gunman was reportedly in custody […]
Comment Rescue – Rhymes with Cialis
Here are the recent comments section from the blog of one of our frequent commenters, Rhymes With Right.
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