Press Releases

Senate Committee Sneaks Zombie Bill onto Omnibus County Bill   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Dan Quinn, Texas Freedom Network (TFN), [email protected], 512-322-0545 (office), 512-799-3379 (mobile) Tom Hargis, ACLU of Texas, [email protected], 773-484-7871 (mobile) Chuck Smith, Equality Texas, [email protected], 512-474-5475, Ext.1 Stephen Peters, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), [email protected], 202-423-2860   Just two weeks

PRESS RELEASE FROM: American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Equality Texas Texas Freedom Network Human Rights Campaign   GROUPS HAIL FAILURE OF TEXAS HOUSE TO PASS MARRIAGE DISCRIMINATION BILL  Clock Runs Out on HB 4105, But Discrimination Measures Still a Danger Until End of Session   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May

TO: News media FROM: Dan Quinn, TFN, [email protected], 512.322.0545 (office), 512.799.3379 (mobile) Anna Núñez, ACLU of Texas, [email protected], 713.942.8146, Ext. 110 Chuck Smith, Equality Texas, [email protected], 512-474-5475 x1 LEGISLATION ALLOWING CHILD WELFARE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO USE RELIGION TO DISCRIMINATE FILED AS AMENDMENT TO SUNSET BILL  Family and Protective Services Sunset Bill Scheduled for

HB 4015 Would Put Texas on Collision Course with Freedom, Lead to National Uproar Similar to What Happened in Indiana   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chuck Smith, 512.474.5475 (office), 512.294.3506 (mobile) Civil liberties and LGBT rights organizations today joined in warning the Texas House of Representatives against passage next week

 Texas Pioneering Strategy to Subvert Supreme Court Ruling, Enshrine Discrimination in Law Contacts: Dan Quinn, TFN, 512.322.0545; Anna Nuñez, ACLU of Texas, 713.942.8146×110; Chuck Smith, Equality Texas, 512.474.5475   Civil liberties groups warned today that Texas lawmakers are leading the way on a strategy to subvert a potential Supreme Court