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JoethePleb

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Wed Aug 6, 2014, 06:57 PM Aug 2014

The Only 2 Openly-gay Texas Legislators respond to attacks on Same-Sex marriage

On the same day a petition to repeal a measure granting transgender equality failed in Houston, 63 GOP state legislators signed an amicus brief stating that same-sex marriage could lead to legal recognition of polygamy, incest and pedophelia.

The brief brought swift condemnation by the Texas Democratic Party and the only openly non-heterosexual members of the legislature:

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/15546/same-sex-marriage-could-lead-to-polygamy-incest-says-dan-patrick-ken-paxton-61-gop-legislators

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The Only 2 Openly-gay Texas Legislators respond to attacks on Same-Sex marriage (Original Post) JoethePleb Aug 2014 OP
Thanks for the update and the language in the brief. nt TexasTowelie Aug 2014 #1
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