Lyft statement on Texas law
My friend drives for Lyft and just sent me this.
Dear Lyft Riders and Drivers,
A new Texas law, SB8, threatens to punish drivers for getting people where they need to go — specifically, women exercising their right to choose and to access the healthcare they need.
We want to be clear: Drivers are never responsible for monitoring where their riders go or why. Imagine being a driver and not knowing if you are breaking the law by giving someone a ride. Similarly, riders never have to justify, or even share, where they are going and why. Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get to a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law. Both are completely unacceptable.
This law is incompatible with people's basic rights to privacy, our community guidelines, the spirit of rideshare, and our values as a company. We are taking action on two fronts:
1 Lyft has created a Driver Legal Defense Fund to cover 100% of legal fees for drivers sued under SB8 while driving on our platform. Riders and Drivers: Nothing about how you drive, ride or interact with each other should change.
2 Texas SB8 is an attack on women's right to choose. Lyft is donating $1 million to Planned Parenthood to help ensure that transportation is never a barrier to healthcare access.
If you feel compelled to join us as an individual, you can make a donation here.
Logan and John, Lyft Co-founders
Kristin Sverchek, Lyft General Counsel
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Lyft has my business
this is outstanding 
Fuck the Christian right! 
… more please. Let the boycotts begin.
Guys usually don't own cowboy boots unless they have a reason to.
Outdoor work that involves possible contact with stickers and rattlesnakes is a reason to own a pair.
(It's tempting to get cowboy boots just to deal with the stickers in my easement, but I've got flat feet and can't wear them)
If I encounter guys with cowboy hats and boots, I usually see them at Tractor Supply.
I'm from Wisconsin and the obligatory uniform during hunting season up there was camo, so there's that.....
There is some cosplay that goes on with cowboy themes, because there are plenty of country and western bars here.
The 80's gave rise of the "Urban Cowboy", so there's that..LOL
The urban cowboy thing has pretty much run it's course.
If you come to San Antonio, you will be hit with so many taco places that you will be like, "Can't I find anything else?" Seriously...Tex-Mex isn't particularly healthy when you are craving a healthy salad.
You will also be greeted by marachis at fine establishments, but in suburbia, it's just a taco place or two or three or four at every intersection.
There are four taquerias at the intersection that is 3 miles from my home, but to get to that intersection, I have to pass five taquerias first. There is also a Mexican bakery on the way, but I love stopping there...LOL
If you were sent here on business, I kinda doubt you would see the cowboy thing unless:
You were at a CW venue
Visiting during rodeo
Staying in ruralish areas outside of town (There are nice places to stay there..like around the Dominion and Six Flags, but they attract rednecks because the area buts up to rural areas)
If you would go to a downtown establishment right now, the odds of seeing cowboy types are rare. You're more likely to see sunburnt tourists.
Maybe Texans should start reporting buses that give rides to women on the way to clinics and suing the city. 
