Texas bills to be signed at conservative church

I was planning on going to the protest but the weather was too hot. It wasn't technically at an evangelical church though. It was at a christian-based private school. He said it was a seperation of church and state because the bills were signed in the gymnasium and not the sanctuary : . Also, the bill banning gay marriage in Texas is sort of just a publicity stunt because we're supposed to vote on it in November anyway. Whatever he signed didn't actually ban anything. The abortion bill was to make it so that any woman under the age of 18 has to have both parents consent to get the abortion. There were reportedly over 200 protesters though, which is huge in the extremely conservative area he visited.

We like to call him Governor Good-Hair. The guy is a joke. He has failed Texas miserably in too many ways to list. Since he has become gov, at least 4 million children have lost their health insurance, teacher's pensions have been cut while his has been increased, voting district lines have been redrawn to put more Republicans in the capitol, and I could go on and on.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...olitan/3209453

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"Protesters turned out Sunday afternoon for Governor Rick Perry's appearance in Fort Worth to sign a bill requiring parental consent for abortions.

About 200 people attended the demonstration outside the Calvary Christian Academy on Oakhurst Scenic Drive north of downtown, where Perry was signing the bill.

Those who came to protest said they were angry with the choice of a religious site for the event.

Demonstrators said they were also angry with the Legislature's inaction on the topics of school finance reform and health care, while others were upset with Perry's stance against gay marriage.

Meanwhile, an overflow crowd of 800 cheered the governor in support of the signing of the bill, which will require anyone under 18 seeking an abortion to get permission from a parent."

Please leave us poor Texans alone. Especially those of us fighting the good fight down here in Beaumont! It is a tough row to hoe, people, but we are trying. We've had some fabulous progressive/Democratic/liberal political figures, too, yk.

FTR, Beaumont votes blue. Yep. Hard to believe, I know, but check the map from Nov. Tiny little Jefferson County. Thank the (oil refinery) unions and trial lawyers - and the few yellow dog Democrats left. I'm proud that DeLay's challenger is from my district, Nick Lampson. He was a good congressman booted out by Republican gerrymandering that changed his hometown Beaumont district to include part of suburban Houston. Sweet irony.

Also - a bit of Texas history - when Texas became a state the agreement included provisions that Texas could at any time break into as many as 5 states. Scary if you realize that means 10 senators from Texas. Our recent history with Senators is not too impressive. :

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