Oh No! We Can’t Let That Happen

Protections for trans people, gays and lesbians heaven’s no. Banning the forcing children straight (See yesterday’s post) the world would come to an end.

Texas bills would force transgender facilities, ban counseling for unwanted gay attractions
Life Sites News
By Calvin Freiburger
January 29, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas, January 29, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Democrats in the Texas legislature have introduced a series of bills creating multiple LGBT “protected classes,” forcing various private entities and religious groups to accommodate homosexuality and disregard gender differences, and forcing doctors to approve “gender transitions,” according to a social conservative group in the state.

Last week, Texas Values Action (TVA) alerted the public to the introduction of eight different bills across the state House and Senate. The primary purpose of these bills is to add “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “gender expression” as protected classes under the state’s Civil Practices and Remedies, Labor, and Property Codes.

These would require businesses such as wedding vendors to provide artistic services to same-sex “marriages”; government contractors to endorse certain beliefs on sexuality and gender; homeless shelters, colleges, and universities to let gender-confused individuals sleep near members of the opposite sex; property owners to open sex-specific restrooms or showers to gender-confused members of the wrong sex; and employers to pay for same-sex spousal benefits – all regardless of whether the business or facility in question is religious or has a moral objection.

One of the bills also bans counseling meant to help patients overcome unwanted same-sex attraction, sometimes called “conversion” or “reparative” therapy. Another would formally repeal the state constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and woman, which has been legally inoperable since the Supreme Court forced all 50 states to recognize same-sex “marriage” in 2015.

“These ‘Ban the Bible’ bills at the Texas Legislature shock the conscience and must be stopped,” said Texas Values senior policy analyst Nicole Hudgens. “Creating more government control and threatening Christians with jail time or fines does not create a tolerant society.”

First off no one is banning the Bible, it only prevents discrimination and refusing to severe someone because they are LGBTQ definitely does not create a tolerant society. Second the bill only bans conversion therapy for minors and there is also a religious exemption! As for repealing the state constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and woman well that has been found to be unconstitutional.

And get a load of this…

Others point out such therapy is voluntarily sought, and that those who want to leave the homosexual lifestyle deserve to be able to pursue those desires.

“Homosexual lifestyle” oh my, oh my.

Then there is this,

Last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Colorado baker Jack Phillips in his fight not to be forced to produce cakes for same-sex “weddings,” but did so based on state officials’ expressions of religious animus, leaving unresolved the question of a recognized right not to serve such events.

Um…  No that is not what the Supreme Court ruled that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission made an error in their ruling by including religion in their decision.