New Texas rule lets social workers turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disability

[TexasTowelie]

by Edgar Walters, Texas Tribune


Texas social workers are criticizing a state regulatory board’s decision this week to remove protections for LGBTQ clients and clients with disabilities who seek social work services.

The Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners voted unanimously Monday to change a section of its code of conduct that establishes when a social worker may refuse to serve someone. The code will no longer prohibit social workers from turning away clients on the basis of disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s office recommended the change, board members said, because the code’s nondiscrimination protections went beyond protections laid out in the state law that governs how and when the state may discipline social workers.

“It’s not surprising that a board would align its rules with statutes passed by the Legislature,” said Abbott spokesperson Renae Eze. A state law passed last year gave the governor’s office more control over rules governing state-licensed professions.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/14/texas-social-workers-rule-discrimination-lgbt-disabilities/

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. Fuck those gblt bigots

Fuck them all. Texas has a bunch of bigots.

Wish there was a way to get bigots and christofascists out of government permanently.

Hey, you asshole get out of our government!

[Girard442]

2. I wonder what obscure biblical passage justifies the disability thing.

Disgusting as the sexuality/gender bigotry may be, at least we know the source. The only source of the changes re disability that I know of is Naziism. Hitler wanted to exterminate the defectives.