And Texas gets the big "Stink Eye" from the King....
Posted on 09/16/2010 11:11:57 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Nearly half of all Texans would repeal the constitutional promise of citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil, and nearly two-thirds would favor Arizona-style state laws allowing the police to ask about the immigration status of anyone they stop for any reason, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants so-called birthright citizenship to babies born in this country regardless of the immigration status of their parents. Asked whether that provision should be repealed, 48 percent of respondents say yes, while 38 percent say no. The remaining 14 percent are undecided. Fifty-four percent of respondents "strongly favor" passing a Texas law mirroring Arizona's controversial new immigration law, and another 11 percent "somewhat support" passage.
On one of the hot-button questions of the campaign season, a majority of Texans are willing to buck the federal government: 63 percent of respondents support the state's decision to join a lawsuit "seeking to block implementation of President Obama's health care reform legislation" on the grounds that it's unconstitutional to force people to buy health insurance. Just under half that number -- 31 percent -- oppose such a lawsuit.
Texans remain strongly in favor of the death penalty, with 54 percent "strongly" in favor and 24 percent more "somewhat" in favor.
And they're more tolerant of gays and lesbians than you might expect. While 31 percent oppose marriage or civil unions for same-sex couples, 33 percent say they should have the right to civil unions and 28 percent say they should have the right to marry. Only 8 percent have no opinion.
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And Texas gets the big "Stink Eye" from the King....
Are ya listening John Cornyn, Kay Bailey?
Or does the ruling class continue to ignore at their own peril?
I suspect the latter.
Damn, the Houston Comical reported this?
Now that’s news.
Next, The One will say, “I got my boot on ya, Texas.”
TX ping
I’ve sent three letters to Gov Perry asking himn to call a special session to enact.
So far, silence.
He would be reelected easily if he would.
TX ping.
The more states that tell Obongo to stick it, the better! Go Texas!
“The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants so-called birthright citizenship to babies born in this country regardless of the immigration status of their parents. Asked whether that provision should be repealed, 48 percent of respondents say yes, while 38 percent say no.”
No need to repeal. The 14th Amendment was written only to grant citizenship “subject to the jurisdiction of.”
http://federalistblog.us/2007/09/revisiting_subject_to_the_jurisdiction.html
OK—who’s got the TX ping list?
Now that’s news.
LOL! Ain't that the truth!
Actually I suspect that the percentage of folks in Texas who support this is much higher than what they are reporting.
Liberals are UnAmerican thieving liars...who suck...whatever.
65%? That’s sad. I remember a time in Texas when that number would have at least been in the upper 80% range.
God bless Texas and God bless Texans.
By the way, Bush and his daddy were born up North.
Just had to throw that in......just sayin
I have a small one that I made for myself. Just a few Austin locals and other FRiends.
Total fabrication which has taken on the character of a mass hallucination.
The 14th applied to slaves, period.
“Rick Perry, are you listnening!!!”
...Probably not, unfortunately.
White claims he has a better solution -- send more cops to the border. But, I'm really surprised that Perry hasn't fired back: Houston was a "sanctuary city" during White's term as mayor.
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