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In July the grassroots activists who make up the Republican Party of Texas selected eight legislative priorities for the 2021 legislative session. Do you hear GOP candidates for the Texas House and Senate actively talking about these?
Today's Texas Minute looks at them.
– Michael Quinn Sullivan
Monday, September 28, 2020
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Here are the eight legislative priorities adopted by the Texas GOP convention delegates with their official descriptions:
Election Integrity
Require citizenship verification of each voter, and felony penalties for Election Code violations that threaten election integrity.
Religious Freedom
Restore the rights of individuals, organizations and businesses, to exercise their sincerely held religious beliefs by prohibiting local ordinances, state laws, or executive orders that violate those rights.
Children and Gender Modification
Abolish the following practices for minors: intervention to prevent natural progression of puberty; administration of opposite sex hormones; and performance of any type of gender reassignment surgery.
Abolition of Abortion
Abolish abortion by ensuring the right to life and equal protection of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization.
Constitutional Carry
Restore legal Texas firearms owners’ rights to carry them openly or concealed without a permit, while maintaining the option of a permit for reciprocity purposes.
Monument Protection
All monuments or markers in our state shall be protected by law from being removed, defaced, destroyed, or otherwise dishonored. In particular, specific protection shall be given to the Alamo Cenotaph which shall not be removed from its current location off the Alamo Battlefield footprint.
School Choice for All
Empower parents and guardians to choose from public, private, charter, or homeschool options for their children’s education using tax credits or exemptions without government restraint or intrusion.
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Abolish all forms of taxpayer-funded lobbying.
We are excited to welcome to the Texas Scorecard team today Andrew Koch, who will be stepping in as the producer of the 1836 Studios!
And please join me in wishing a very happy birthday to my niece Nora, who turns 16 today... and is soon on her way to getting both her driver’s license AND her pilot’s license! Number of the Day
106
Number of days until the start of the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature – January 12, 2021.
[Source: calendar; Legislative Reference Library]
Today in History
The battle of Yorktown began on Sept. 28, 1781, in which George Washington and a combined force of French and American troops battled the British. The battle resulted in the surrender of Lord Cornwallis on Oct. 17, effectively securing American Independence.
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– P.J. O’Rourke
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