Dear Faithful Texas Supporter,

As a father and 5th Generation Texan, it gives me great joy to tell you that at Texas Values we just had one of our most important victories ever!! A victory for little girls, for families, for justice, and for God’s design of the human body.

It took us 11 years to reach this goal, to finish this race, to make sure we kept our word - that we never stop working and fighting; and we always show up!! If you had told me in 2014 that it would take this long to get a “final” victory on this very important and common sense issue, I may not have believed you. You see, our opposition is counting on us to run out of energy, to run out of time, to run out of faith, and to run out of money.

In the past you have seen us use the phrase “Ban The Bible” bills to describe the goal of the other side: so many of our issues—and really all of them—are connected to ours and your beliefs in the Bible. On December 4, 2025 the Texas Women’s Privacy Act new law went into effect and is now the law that must be followed statewide!!

Because of our ongoing efforts—and YOUR SUPPORT—real progress is being made, and girls are being protected. What we hoped and worked for the last ten years, is becoming reality! Please make your tax-deductible donation today or by December 31st! TxValues.org

While the law has passed, our work is far from finished. Some elected officials have openly stated they intend to defy the law and push back against its enforcement. Which is why continued vigilance is necessary.

The law must be followed and enforced. We are committed to ensuring compliance and accountability, protecting the dignity and safety of Texas women and girls. There are consequences for disregarding the rule of law, and we will not hesitate to pursue them to protect those most at risk.

We will not hesitate to pursue them to protect those most at risk.

Like what happened to Brooke Slusser, a female college volleyball player from Texas. Brooke was so traumatized by the situation that she developed
a dangerous eating disorder and had problems with her internal reproductive functions. We have been working alongside Brooke this year and she has been so key to victory on this issue.

Shiloh Satterfield was in elementary school in Dripping Springs, when she came home and told her daddy that a boy was in her bathroom at school today. And the school covered it up, they deliberately did not tell parents when asked about it, and they refused to tell parents the full truth when the hard questions were asked! We have been working with Shiloh since 2017 on this issue.

Last Tuesday we showed up and our supporters made our voices heard and….the Arlington City Council voted 5-4 against reinstating a transgender ordinance in direct conflict with newly enacted state law as well as directives from the Trump administration and federal government policy causing it to become a national controversy.

Not only did Jonathan Saenz testify at the meeting last week, Texas Values has worked on this issue for weeks and recommended that Arlington City Council remove the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” from the ordinance in order to comply with federal directives, as well as newly enacted state law such as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act (S.B. 8) which went into effect last week. 

Read more about it here.

Mary Elizabeth Castle, Director of Government Relations for Texas Values, testified on Item 85 at the Austin City Council meeting last week. This item aims to “remodel city facilities in a way that is both 'gender inclusive' and compliant with Texas Senate Bill 8.”

Mary Elizabeth said, “Every time a man is allowed to enter a female restroom or locker room… her privacy and civil rights under Title IX is violated.” View her full testimony here.

Texas Values sent our letter on legal and policy guidance on the Texas Women’s Privacy Act to Mayor Kirk Watson’s Chief of Staff and to the city clerk. The Council voted unanimously to accept the resolution. Read the resolution here. Council member Michael Siegel made a suggestion that the city convert all bathrooms into single use and called the Texas Women’s Privacy Act “hateful” and “unconstitutional”. Regardless, the law went into effect last week.

An article in KVUE states the 'City of Austin to craft gender-inclusive plan amid 'bathroom bill' enforcement challenges.' Mary Elizabeth is quoted in the article saying, "There is a sense of wanting to have privacy and dignity and just things that can happen unintentionally, and bad actors who can take advantage sometimes of the gender identity ideology, so we want to make sure that women are protected in all these cases.". Read the article here.

Learn more about the Texas Women’s Privacy Act. 

If you see violations at your school, please reach out to us, we'd like to help. Contact us at [email protected].

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