Some Americans Love To Hate

Some Americans Love To Hate

In Texas, they’re building a memorial plaza for Chris Kyle, the sniper of "American Sniper", with trees from George W. Bush’s Crawford ranch. Kyle was, at a “bare minimum, was a racist who took pleasure in dehumanising and killing brown people”.

Federal Court Says Texas’ Gay Marriage Ban Is Unconsitutional

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Oh yes, I just wanted to write that headline! Remember that a court striking down Texas' anti-sodomy laws brought us Lawrence V Texas too -- invalidating the remaining anti-sodomy laws on several states' books. From TPM:
{Judge Orlando} Garcia, a Bill Clinton appointee, wrote in his decision that Texas' constitutional ban on same-sex marriage violates equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. “Texas’ current marriage laws deny homosexual couples the right to marry, and in doing so, demean their dignity for no legitimate reason," he wrote. "Accordingly, the Court finds these laws are unconstitutional and hereby grants a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendants from enforcing Texas’ bans on same-sex marriage.”

Texas Tidbits

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Gail Collins has a wonderful piece in today's New York Times that rightly slams Texas and its governor, Rick Perry, about education and abstinence.