Houston Democrat Warns of Anti-LGBT Jihad in Texas Legislature
Evangelical Christian state lawmakers are on “a jihad” to pass anti-LGBT measures in the 85th Texas Legislature, according to state representative Jessica Farrar, D-Houston.
Farrar made the comment in response to a question from OutSmart regarding potential motives behind Senate Bill 6, the anti-transgender bathroom bill.
Farrar said she doesn’t believe, as some have suggested, that SB 6 is intended primarily to divert media attention from other embarrassing issues facing the state, such as the ongoing child-welfare crisis.
“I think these people are true believers,” Farrar said of anti-LGBT lawmakers. “I think they’re on a jihad. They think they’re operating religiously, but I don’t know any God that would be so hateful.”
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