For the Texaphobes.... (legal, illegals, military, Denver)

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Until a year ago, it was illegal to sell dildos and sex toys in Texas.

Texas obscenity statute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Until 2003, homosexual sex was illegal. The law was challenged, but Texas defended it vehemently. It took the U.S. Supreme Court to force Texas to change their stupid law.

Lawrence v. Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[delusianne]

The Culture Wars' New Front: U.S. History Classes in Texas - WSJ.com

Three reviewers, appointed by social conservatives, have recommended revamping the K-12 curriculum to emphasize the roles of the Bible, the Christian faith and the civic virtue of religion in the study of American history. Two of them want to remove or de-emphasize references to several historical figures who have become liberal icons, such as César Chávez and Thurgood Marshall.

Replace Thurgood Marshall with Harriet Tubman or Sam Houston.
In first grade, students are expected to study the contributions of Americans who have influenced the course of history. Rev. Peter Marshall, a reviewer, calls Thurgood Marshall -- who as a lawyer argued Brown v. Board of Education and later became the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court -- a weak example.
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Delete César Chávez from a list of figures who modeled active participation in the democratic process
Two reviewers objected to citing Mr. Chávez, who led a strike and boycott to improve working conditions for immigrant farmhands, as an example of citizenship for fifth-graders. "He's hardly the kind of role model that ought to be held up to our children as someone worthy of emulation," Rev. Marshall wrote.
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Replace references to America's "democratic" values with "republican" values
Reviewer David Barton suggests swapping out "republican" for "democratic" in teaching materials. As he explains: "We don't pledge allegiance to the flag and the democracy for which it stands."

[delusianne]

YouTube - Pee Wees Big Adventure - Deep In The Heart of Texas

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

From Human Events - a conservative website:

"In 2000, most of Texas' adult Hispanic population consisted of high school dropouts and fewer than 20% had attended college. Only 10% had completed a college degree. It was the implications of these numbers that prompted Gallego to declare that Texas was well on its way to being a Third World economy by 2025."

Texas 2025: 'The Economy of a Third World Nation'

[delusianne]

School Zone: 25 percent of Texas children living in poverty

[TXboomerang]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

Until a year ago, it was illegal to sell dildos and sex toys in Texas.

They have been sold in Texas for YEARS!!!

[delusianne]

Bay Area Houston: It's official. Texas worst place to live in US.

It's not getting any better in Texas. Texas still has the highest insurance rates in the nation, electricity deregulation has failed prompting lawmakers to stop deregulation in some areas of the state. College tuition has doubled again prompting lawmakers to freeze rates in a emergency move. We still rank #1 in children without health insurance, #1 in air pollution, #1 in teen pregnancy, #1 in population without health insurance, and it just gets worse.

The report Texas on the Brink is provided by State Senator Shaphleigh out of El Paso.

Texas on the Brink (.pdf)

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by delusianne

Bay Area Houston: It's official. Texas worst place to live in US.

It's not getting any better in Texas. Texas still has the highest insurance rates in the nation, electricity deregulation has failed prompting lawmakers to stop deregulation in some areas of the state. College tuition has doubled again prompting lawmakers to freeze rates in a emergency move. We still rank #1 in children without health insurance, #1 in air pollution, #1 in teen pregnancy, #1 in population without health insurance, and it just gets worse.

The report Texas on the Brink is provided by State Senator Shaphleigh out of El Paso.

Texas on the Brink (.pdf)

If that's the case why in God's name is everyone and their brother from all states in the union moving to Texas ?

It almost feels like the Grapes of Wrath down here..they come looking for jobs and "a better way of life".

Honestly I don't know how many actually do find jobs but I can tell you foreclosures in the newer subdivisions are skyrocketing.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by TXboomerang

They have been sold in Texas for YEARS!!!

Then it was being done illegally. If a law is on the books, it can be used against you, even if everybody else is breaking the same law.

"in 2004, Joanne Webb, a mother of three and a former schoolteacher, faced up to one year in prison for selling a vibrator to two undercover police officers posing as a married couple at a private party."

CNN.com - Texas mom faces trial for selling sex toys - Feb. 11, 2004

"In 2007, a lingerie shop in Lubbock was raided, and items "deemed to be illegal by the Texas penal code" were confiscated. The clerk on duty at the time was arrested and may have to register as a sex offender."

Texas obscenity statute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[mwruckman]

I don't begrudge Texans the right to live in their state the way they want just as long as they let Californians or New Yorkers live the way they want to.