Texas may strip away transgender marriage rights.

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This is pretty depressing:

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/25/2823846/texas-may-strip-away-transgender.html

Two years after Texas became one of the last states to allow transgendered people to use proof of their sex change to get a marriage license, Republican lawmakers are trying to roll back the clock.
Advocates for the transgendered say a proposal to bar transgendered people from getting married smacks of discrimination and would put their legally granted marriages in danger of being nullified if challenged in court.
One of the Republican sponsors of the legislation said he's simply trying to clean up the 2009 law in a state that bans same-sex marriage under the constitution.
"The Texas Constitution," Sen. Tommy Williams said, "clearly defines marriage between one man and one woman."
The legislation by Williams, of Houston, and Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, of Brenham, would prohibit county and district clerks from using a court order recognizing a sex change as documentation to get married, effectively requiring the state to recognize a 1999 state appeals court decision that said in cases of marriage, gender is assigned at birth and sticks with a person throughout their life even if they have a sex change.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/25/2823846/texas-may-strip-away-transgender.html

Aishae

i sometimes think the world would be better off without 2 things that have nothing to do with politics and the running of a country: extreme republicans and keeping the church out of state running. im sure there are reasons theyre there - but its depressing when you hear how their presence there adversely affects the Joe on the street

L.Jenkins

Stinks to high heaven of your typical American right wing republicanism. Disgraceful is not the word I'd use to describe their intended reversal on current legislation.

KnifeWRENCH

Two words:
1. Texas
2. Republican

Tells you all you need to know, really.

It's particularly disturbing that this Republican, Lois Kolkhorst, was the same person who had written the 2009 law allowing for transgendered people to get married. Talk about taking a big step backwards! :rolleyes: