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Equality Texas Applauds Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s Veto of Bill Allowing Discrimination TEXAS (March 28, 2016) – Equality Texas salutes the leadership of Georgia Governor Nathan Deal for vetoing a bill which would have allowed for discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people under the guise of “religious freedom.”

Equality Texas works to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration. Please consider our organization as a resource to assist with providing expert opinions relevant to religious liberty protections, and Attorney General’s recent decision to hire the First Liberty

Equality Texas Fighting on the Front Lines Against LGBT Discrimination – Texas Senate Committee Focusing on Anti-LGBT Bills Out of Step with the Majority of Texans New Report Shows Widespread Support for LGBT Texans Against Discrimination – Another Names Steven Hotze and the Conservative Republicans of Texas as a Hate

Why do advocates of “religious freedom” think the term means the freedom to discriminate against LGBT people in child welfare services, and in public accommodations, and elsewhere? Is it only religious freedom for some? Today, the Texas Senate held a hearing to consider new legislation that could create new laws

Contact: DeAnne Cuellar, [email protected] This week a Dallas County Justice of the Peace, Bill Metzger, used his Facebook page to contemplate breaking the law and the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct by refusing to marry same-sex couples. In 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that laws like Texas’ law