From AU's Senior Litigation Counsel Greg Lipper's guest post on Bill of Health.
Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Abortion Case
Getting Huffy In Dallas: GOP State Senator Wants To Bring LGBT Protections Up For Vote
Dallas Expands Anti-Discrimination Protections To Include Transgender People
We Don’t Need No Education?: Texas High Court Mulls Limits Of Homeschooling
The Texas Supreme Court is set to determine if parents have a religious-freedom right to homeschool with no state oversight whatsoever. Michael and Laura McIntyre, who homeschooled their nine children after pulling them out of a local Christian school, claim the El Paso Independent School District violated their rights when it attempted to verify the children were being educated.
Religious Right Narrative Helps Repeal Houston's Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
No HERO Worship: Houston Pastors Fight Broad Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Today, voters in Houston will decide the fate of a city ordinance that would protect the rights of lots of city residents, but that measure won’t pass if the Religious Right gets its way.
Texas Gov. Voices Goes Anti-HERO On Twitter
Sex And Common Sense: Texas Public School Reconsiders ‘Chastity’ Speaker
A self-appointed expert on sex and relationships won’t speak at an El Paso, Texas, high school – for now.
Houston Texans Owner Takes Back $10,000 Contribution To Anti-Discrimination Opponents
Remember when we said that Texans owner Bob McNair had donated $10,000 to the anti-HERO campaign in Houston? Looks he's walked that donation back.
Houston Texans Owner Donates $10,000 To Equal Rights Opponents
Texas Takes Aim At LGBT Rights
Texas Hilton Hotel Chef Allegedly Refused To Cater A Same-Sex Wedding
Martyr Movie: Ted Cruz’s Claims About ‘Religious Freedom’ Persecution Were Debunked Long Ago
Texas County Clerk's Refusal To Issue Marriage Licenses To Same-Sex Couple Costs County Almost $44K
Big Bill: S.C. Ordered To Pay $135,000 In Legal Fees After Losing Marriage Equality Case
Now that marriage equality is officially on the books in the United States, the bills racked up by state officials who decided to listen to the Religious Right in defense of a lost cause are coming due. One of those debts is apparently pretty large, as a federal judge just ordered South Carolina to pay $135,000 in fees.
Texas AG Throws In Support With Religious Non-Profits Looking To Block Contraception Coverage
Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is in the news again, this time filing a friend-of-the-court brief in support of East Texas Baptist University's never-ending quest to avoid providing contraception to its employees.
Texas Judge Takes Down Roadblocks to Marriage Equality in Denton County
In July, Americans United issued a warning letter to Judge James R. DePiazza of Texas regarding his violation of the Fourteenth Amendment in erected roadblocks to marriage equality. We're pleased to announce that Judge DePiazza has removed the requirement that all couples married by him sign a written acknowledgement that he "'prefers to not conduct same-sex marriages' and must agree to refrain from mentioning the topic of marriage for same-sex couples 'before, during or after the ceremony.'" The new Denton County Wedding Letter and Receipt form no longer carries the discriminating language.
Paying The Piper: Texas Attorney General Faces Contempt Charge For Marriage Equality Non-Cooperation
From AU's Wall of Separation blog:
Some Religious Right operatives have said they would rather go to jail than accept marriage equality in the states. Although Texas’ attorney general has not yet made so bold a statement, he may nonetheless spend some time behind bars for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage decision.
Houston Non-Discrimination Law Sends Some Minds to The Gutter
With the Texas Supreme Court's ruling that Houston's non-discrimination ordinance must be put up to a public vote, the Religious Right is so pleased that a law that protects LGBT Americans is in danger that they have resurrected the "pervert" trope especially for the occasion.