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Texas governor Rick Perry sees link between alcoholism, homosexuality
SAN FRANCSICO — Texas Gov. Rick Perry drew a comparison between alcoholism and homosexuality, during a talk Wednesday night that focused mainly on the economy. Perry, who has been mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential contender, was then asked whether he believed homosexuality was a disorder.
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Texas GOP approves platform endorsing ‘reparative therapy’ for gays
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas Republican Party now endorses so-called “reparative therapy” for gays under a new platform given final approval at its annual convention. Roughly 7,000 delegates Saturday ratified the platform without debating their party’s stance on homosexuality on the convention floor.
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Gay Republicans may surrender on ‘gay cure therapy’ in fear of tougher platform
Gay Republicans in Texas said Friday they may stop fighting their party’s proposed endorsement of “reparative therapy” over worries that even tougher anti-gay language could be added to the party platform. The Texas GOP is poised to adopt a new platform this weekend that would support psychological treatments that seek to turn gay people straight.
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Texas GOP platform endorsing ‘gay cure’ therapy survives key vote
The Texas Republican Party would endorse psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay people straight under a new platform partly aimed at rebuking laws in California and New Jersey that ban so-called “reparative therapy” on minors. A push to include the new anti-gay language survived a key vote late Thursday in Fort Worth at the Texas Republican Convention
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Draft of Texas Republican Party platform endorses ‘gay cure’ therapy
The first draft of the Texas Republican Party platform finds some changes to the party’s position on homosexuality with the removal of some anti-gay language, and the addition of a new statement supporting “gay cure” therapies.
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‘Very personal’ battle in Houston could get even more personal for Mayor Parker
In a battle she characterized as “very personal” and “about me,” Annise Parker, the openly gay mayor of Houston, won a victory last week when the city council passed a law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Now, she may have to take on two bigger fights: one to protect the law from a referendum, and another to protect her job from a recall effort.
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Federal appeals courts set schedules in Idaho, Nevada and Texas marriage cases
Two more federal appeals courts are set to consider recent rulings declaring same-sex marriage bans in Idaho and Texas as unconstitutional, and an appeal of Nevada’s ban, which was upheld in 2012. The cases are De Leon v. Perry in Texas, Latta v. Otter in Idaho, and Sevcik v. Sandoval in Nevada.
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‘We don’t serve fags’ at Big Earl’s in Pittsburg, Texas
PITTSBURG, Texas — A same-sex couple says they were told not to come back to a restaurant in East Texas because Big Earls “doesn’t serve fags.”
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Houston city council approves LGBT-inclusive equal rights ordinance
Houston city leaders on Wednesday approved expanded anti-bias protections for gay and transgender residents in a measure that critics argued would impede their religious liberties.
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Dallas host: ESPN airing Michael Sam kiss ‘shocking,’ strippers OK for a.m. TV
After the internet exploded earlier this week with video of Dallas morning show host Amy Kushnir storming off the set amid a heated debate over ESPN’s broadcast of Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend, Kushnir took to Fox News on Thursday to further lament that the kiss was “shocking,” “inappropriate” and “over the top.”