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Weird Texas GOP bill would give big tax cuts only to hetero couples with lots of kids*

Republican State Rep. Steve Toth of The Woodlands alleges the Texas Senate killed conservative priority legislation in 2021 that would have protected children from gender mutilation procedures. The accusation was made during a conversation with activists on January 10, a recording of which was released by North Texas activist David Lowe.

“It came over from the Senate ridiculously late, and they knew that we were going to have trouble,” said Toth. “There’s plenty of blame that needs to be spread around in this thing.”

For much of the last two years, the Texas House has received the brunt of the criticism for failing to pass protections against child gender mutilation. While the Texas Senate passed multiple bills to outlaw these procedures, the House killed every such bill brought before it, and several bills never even made it to the House floor.

Texas GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi refuted the idea that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate are to blame, saying it was “not true.”

Listen up people, the Texas legislature is in session.  Lock down your bank accounts, hire security escorts for your wives and hide your daughters.  Mayhem and chaos are on the loose across Texas.

Matt Rinaldi and Steve Toth may be lying or both half right.  Who will ever know ?  After all, they are both politicians.  However, I’m not nearly as concerned with the veracity of their assertions as I am with the fact the issue itself has now blown up into public view and is getting the attention it deserves.

Texas Tribune has its left-drifting report…

As soon as lawmakers were allowed to file legislation, some Texas Republicans authored bills aimed at hindering or outright prohibiting transgender kids from accessing certain health care treatments.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made the issue a priority for the Senate this year and designated Senate Bill 14 as the legislative vehicle to achieve that goal. But SB 14 has not yet been filed, and Patrick hasn’t given details on what specifically it would ban. Still, other lawmakers have filed bills with similar goals.

Rep. Tom Oliverson, R-Cypress, wants to allow medical providers to decline treatment to any patient for religious views, moral philosophy or “ethical position,” except for during emergency or life-threatening instances. House Bill 319 does not explicitly mention LGBTQ people, but advocates fear the bill would allow doctors to turn people away simply because of their gender or sexual identity. It has been assigned to the House Public Health Committee.

Of course, we don’t know whether Dan Patrick’s reticence in revealing the specifics of his SB14 is because he wants to avoid a premature battle with the Left right now or perhaps it is a weak bill and he’s dodging an attack from the Right.

Texas Republicans have filed dozens of bills affecting LGBTQ people. Here’s what they’d do.

Here are the six brief articles on the LGBTQ/mutilated children bills so far being presented before the Legislature from  the Texas Tribune.

*The photo at the top of the page is from LGBTQ/Nation.  Yes, that’s right, boys and girls and when I say boys and girls, I mean, dammit, the real thing.  No funny fakery business allowed around here and no commenters sashaying around the website in women’s underwear unless, of course, you are a real woman.  We’re all in favor of that.

Ahem.

Those poor pitiful folks are upset because our now famous friend, Representative Bryan Slaton, introduced a bill in Austin to give tax breaks to married couples who actually stay married, engage in heterosexual bliss and produce lots of babies.  The horror of this kind of behavior cannot be countenanced.  Can you imagine millions of little boys and girls marauding across the Texas countryside playing hide and seek, chasing fireflies and drinking out of water hoses ?

Water hoses ?  Drinking out of water hoses like little, feral animals.  

Can you imagine ? Then watch this !