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I’m Suing Texas Because the Legislature Passed a Bill that Discriminates Against My Town
This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website
By By Raul L. Reyes, Mayor of El Cenizo, Texas
Why the ACLU is suing Texas over SB4
This op-ed originally appeared in the The San Antonio Express-News.
By Edgar Saldivar
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Will Have Blood on His Hands if He Signs Two Anti-LGBTQ Bills Before Him
This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website
By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU
This is Not the Texas I Know
Senate Bill 4 ignores our values, imperils our communities and sullies our reputation as a free and welcoming state.
By Terri Burke, Executive Director, 2008-2020
We Call B.S., Mr. Attorney General
Earlier this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a press release his office’s support for a lawsuit that would allow states to deny drivers’ licenses to immigrants who hold federal work permits. In other words, if he can’t do anything about immigrants having the right to a job, at least he can try to stop them from traveling to it.
By Terri Burke, Executive Director, 2008-2020
Could the Texas Legislature Decriminalize Marijuana this Session?
The Texas House bill that would remove criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana has made it to the all-important House Calendars Committee, the last step before it is debated before the full Texas House of Representatives.
By Phillip Martin, Contributor
With North Carolina, the NBA, and the NCAA Caving on Trans Rights, Texas Finds New Momentum for Discrimination
This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website
By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU
Lawmakers Horse-Trade Away Texans’ Health and Safety
In the backrooms of the Texas Capitol last week, members of the House of Representatives further chipped away Texans’ access to reproductive health care by voting to defund Planned Parenthood. Denying healthcare to thousands of Texans who depend on these services is bad enough, but the outrage shouldn’t end there. Worse still, the deal was struck in a seeming attempt to divide those who care about justice. Lawmakers tried to trade one wrong for another: defund Planned Parenthood or make it impossible for transgender Texans to participate in everyday life by barring them from the public restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.
By Lauryn Farris and Rebecca Marques
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