Conservatives plan all right moves; Texas GOP
puts constitutional ban on gay marriage first
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Posted on 12/10/2004 2:23:01 PM PST by MeekOneGOP
Conservatives plan all right movesGOP-backed social policies top legislators' agenda for January
11:32 PM CST on Thursday, December 9, 2004
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.
Bolstered by Republican dominance of the state and a nationwide electoral sweep, Texas conservative activists now want to parlay their fervent backing of the GOP into social policies they've long craved.
"There's no doubt that conservatives are in a good position," said Kelly Shackleford, president of the Free Market Foundation.
Ending 'blockade'
"Last session was kind of opening the gate that had been blockaded for so long," said Mr. Shackleford, referring to 2003 successes such as state laws prohibiting gay marriage, requiring waiting periods for abortions and allowing a moment of silence in public schools .....
"Now we're getting back to the kind of positive things that we can .....
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
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Yeah really. Texas ain't Canada and will never be.
Conservatives plan all right moves; Texas GOP
puts constitutional ban on gay marriage first
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God bless Texas.
At least they could have the common decency to wait until after the holidays to start telling us what they're going to do to us this time.
Republicans control state government, but social conservatives don't make up a majority of the legislators when you count the Rats. Part of this agenda will be enacted, but not all of it.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Friday that state leaders should work with Gov. Rick Perry and the Legislature to develop a stem-cell research policy that keeps Texas from being "left in the dust by California." ........
"I think that Texas needs to have a responsible, ethical policy regarding stem-cell research," she said after the meeting. "I think if we are going to stay in the forefront of scientific discoveries, we are going to have to find an ethical way to keep the state-of-the-art experiments on stem cells and how they can displace unhealthy cells in people's bodies."
Bugmenot didn't work for me as I just tried it to see what would happen. I'm registered so no problem.
Bugmenot didn't work for me as I just tried it to see what would happen. I'm registered so no problem.Thanks for letting me know.
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It has a larger navy and a stronger military.
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Bugmenot didn't work so I just read the excerpt. It reads like an editorial. Is the Dallas Morning News usually this slanted?
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"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.
More power to 'em.
Sick, just sick.
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