Press Releases
Statement on Passage to Engrossment of HB 3859 from Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas
“Children are dying in foster care. Thousands need a safe and healthy home. LGBTQ parents can provide a loving, safe and healthy home for children in need. The passage to engrossment of HB 3859 is another step toward allowing organizations to discriminate using taxpayer money. Taxpayer dollars should never be
Equality Texas Responds To ‘License to Discriminate’ Executive Order
TEXAS – Today, the President of the United States signed a Free Speech and Religious Liberty executive order. The unprecedented action is a thinly-veiled attempt to promote discrimination. LGBTQ Texans and people of faith know the president’s executive order is misusing religious freedom to promote discrimination. Equality Texas’ chief executive
Civil, Religious Liberties Groups Tell Texas Lawmakers: There Is No Middle Ground on Discrimination
Finding ‘Balance’ on Bathroom Bill, Other Discrimination Legislation Is Misguided Contacts: Anna Núñez, 713-325-7010, ACLU of Texas, [email protected] DeAnne Cuellar, Equality Texas, 210-896-9141, [email protected] Nick Morrow, HRC, 865-386-8244, [email protected] José Medina, TFN, 512-804-8061, [email protected] AUSTIN – As Texas House and Senate committees today consider two bills that would effectively codify discrimination against LGBT Texans, leading civil and religious
For Immediate Release: Equality Texas Condemns Discriminatory SB6; Efforts Should Focus on Actual Sexual Assaults
SB6 is discrimination. Discrimination is not the solution to sexual assault; neither is it effective for victim advocacy. Addressing sexual assault is the solution to sexual assault. If anything, passing SB6 will put transgender people at even greater risk of violence than they already are. More than 250 rape crisis
For Immediate Release: SB 522 Passed to Engrossment on Vote of 21-10, Statement from Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas
“Religious liberty is an organizing principle of American democracy and the birthright of every Texan. Our constitution and state laws already protect that right. Redefining religious liberty will allow people to take advantage and claim that their religion gives them the right to ignore existing laws or not perform the