Texas GOP platform includes outlawing sodomy, strip clubs

[MurrayFiend]

Texas GOP platform: criminalize gay marriage and ban sodomy, outlaw strip clubs and pornography

Aliyah Shahid
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

The Texas Republican Party gives a whole new meaning to the word conservative.

The GOP there has voted on a platform that would ban oral and anal sex. It also would give jail sentences to anyone who issues a marriage license to a same-sex couple (even though such licenses are already invalid in the state).

“We oppose the legalization of sodomy,” the platform says. “We demand that Congress exercise its authority granted by the U.S. Constitution to withhold jurisdiction from the federal courts from cases involving sodomy.”

The Lone Star state initially passed a law barring sodomy in 1860. Violators faced anywhere from five to 15 years in prison. The ban was overturned in 2003.

In addition, the platform says that homosexuality “tears at the fabric of society, contributes to the breakdown of the family unit and leads to the spread of dangerous communicable diseases.”

It also states that homosexuality must not be presented as an acceptable “alternative” lifestyle in public schools and “family” should not be redefined to include homosexual couples.

The 25-page proposal, presented last week as a guide for the state GOP over the next two years, includes other measures including outlawing “sexually oriented businesses” like strip clubs and banning “all pornography.”

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[MurrayFiend]

These guys are a bunch of assholes.

[bane]

What the fuck fringe outfit came up with that crap? Is that supposed to be the official platform? No fucking way.

[Luminiferous]

Texas GOP platform: criminalize gay marriage and ban sodomy, outlaw strip clubs and pornography

“We oppose the legalization of sodomy,” the platform says. “We demand that Congress exercise its authority granted by the U.S. Constitution to withhold jurisdiction from the federal courts from cases involving sodomy.”

The Lone Star state initially passed a law barring sodomy in 1860. Violators faced anywhere from five to 15 years in prison.

Evidently the Texas GOP is very naive on what goes on behind prison walls..

[MasterOfMeatPuppets]

What the fuck fringe outfit came up with that crap? Is that supposed to be the official platform? No fucking way.

This is why I hear more and more, "I'm a conservative, not a Republican."

[St_Augustines_Pears]

The GOP there has voted on a platform that would ban oral sex.

Why, that's UNAMERICAN!

[vanitybinge]

Basically making homosexuality illegal...That' like...half of Dallas

[bane]

What the fuck fringe outfit came up with that crap? Is that supposed to be the official platform? No fucking way.

This is why I hear more and more, "I'm a conservative, not a Republican."

I've never been down with legislating morality. I think it's retarded. I don't know of any Texas republicans that openly tout those views though, at least not to that extreme. There are probably a few kooks from dry county districts that campaign based on that shit, but any mainstream guy would know that was political suicide. I find it pretty hard to believe that this is any kind official platform.

[MasterOfMeatPuppets]

I've got nothing. It makes no sense. With the current economy the last thing people are worried about are strippers and homos.

[Crazy Levi]

Republicans are scary.

[MurrayFiend]

What the fuck fringe outfit came up with that crap? Is that supposed to be the official platform? No fucking way.

This is why I hear more and more, "I'm a conservative, not a Republican."

I've never been down with legislating morality. I think it's retarded. I don't know of any Texas republicans that openly tout those views though, at least not to that extreme. There are probably a few kooks from dry county districts that campaign based on that shit, but any mainstream guy would know that was political suicide. I find it pretty hard to believe that this is any kind official platform.

I don't know what to tell you; it's been reported all over the place and EYU posted a download link.

I guess when it comes down to it they're probably not going to base the campaign around these issues, but it is a part of the platform right now.

Scary? I fucking think so.

[vlad]

Wow, I thought the last version of the TX GOP platform was bad..but this is, well the crazy is strong.

bane, sorry, but it is true. It's the official TX party platform. I've been saying the GOP is bat shit crazy for years (as opposed to craven politicl cowards like most Democrats )....I guess they just decided to not even bother trying to pretend they aren't anything but an American version of the Taliban.

Ike is rolling over in his grave...hell even Nixon.

The GOP isn't the "conservative" party, it's the bugfuck nurs party. But the "Tea Party" must love this one. Heh...they want to ban red light cameras, but make performing a same-sex marriage a felony.

I think we should have a new tea party but throw the Tea Party overboard this time.


And these are the same folks that control the Texas school books, which in turn are used by a large part of the country. This year one of them managed to get Thomas Jefferson cut from the list of 18th century writers who inspired the revolutions that followed him...replacing him with Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin. Thomas motherfucking Jefferson!!!!!!!

[bane]

Wow, I thought the last version of the TX GOP platform was bad..but this is, well the crazy is strong.

bane, sorry, but it is true. It's the official TX party platform. I've been saying the GOP is bat shit crazy for years (as opposed to craven politicl cowards like most Democrats )....I guess they just decided to not even bother trying to pretend they aren't anything but an American version of the Taliban.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Gov. Helmet Head Perry decides to endorse this retardation so we can finally get him out of there. He's leading in the polls but White (the Dem) has a shot. I'm down with banning red light cameras though. Those fuckers are evil and unAmerican. Where's the due process?

[EvilRockPosh]

The thread should have been called 'SODOMY...'

[vlad]

Those fuckers are evil and unAmerican. Where's the due process?

Well I agree with that...it was just the juxtaposition of something mundane like that along with all the insanity. It would like the Taliban, if they had a platform), promising to fix the potholes in Kabul in between all the crazy religious (their version) stuff.

[Skate4RnR]

At least they're being honest but my question is, what about outlawing interracial marriage? Are they gonna just let atrocities like that continue or what?

[vlad]

At least they're being honest but my question is, what about outlawing interracial marriage? Are they gonna just let atrocities like that continue or what?

One step at a time, my dear.

[Scoundrel]

We Believe in:
Strict adherence to the Declaration of Independence and U.S. and Texas Constitutions.

Are they going to put Jefferson back in the Texas school history books then? He wrote the Declaration of Independence and is also believed to be the one who coined the phrase, "separation of church and state". The conservatives must be pretty bummed out by that.

[vlad]

We Believe in:
Strict adherence to the Declaration of Independence and U.S. and Texas Constitutions.

Are they going to put Jefferson back in the Texas school history books then? He wrote the Declaration of Independence and is also believed to be the one who coined the phrase, "separation of church and state". The conservatives must be pretty bummed out by that.

It's that last bit that got Jefferson booted out and replaced by John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas. Just how pathetic is that, I mean for fuck's sake.

[lerxstcat]

At least they're being honest but my question is, what about outlawing interracial marriage? Are they gonna just let atrocities like that continue or what?

You looking for a legislative way out?

As to the main topic, I guess Texas prisons must be getting undercrowded or something and they need to criminalize more people to get their numbers up! This shit in 2010? Amazing....

[Skate4RnR]

Funny Lex.

Look at my state, these right wingers are fucking insane up in Topeka. I mean that evolution vs. science debate? The whole country watched us making complete fools of ourselves.




No, this....




This is what I say...

[cc117]

Every time I consider voting Republican I see something like this and get pushed away.

[lerxstcat]

At this rate in 100 years the GOP will be remembered much as the Whig Party is remembered today.... which is fine by me. The duopoly is killing our nation.

[Skate4RnR]

It's funny, I've posted this before but a part of my family is EXTREMELY wealthy. My great uncle POURS money into campaigns and shit. So much so, we had a suicide in the family and McCain called my great uncle personally to extend his condolences...

My immediate family were joking, "Glad Casey didn't answer that call!" Reason is, I don't give a fuck, I say what I think around that part of the fam. They're good people no doubt but my cousins? They talk about taxes getting raised and I'm like "motherfucker you don't even have a job and you never have worked" or "you have your first job out of college someone got for you" and shit. It's hilarious because they don't fucking know what was coming out of a check.

[johnk5150]

Republicans are scary.

Both are evil. Republicans are smug, entitled, self righteous asshats. Democrats are self loathing, pandering, unAmerican asshats. Good to have choices.

[vanitybinge]

What makes anyone think it's possible to enforce a law against sodomy? That's some retarded shit and most of the Texans I've met are much smarter than that.

Every time you create a new law you create a new criminal.





...I might just use that as a lyric

[vlad]

Republicans are scary.

Both are evil. Republicans are smug, entitled, self righteous asshats. Democrats are self loathing, pandering, unAmerican asshats. Good to have choices.

I'll be sure to relate your comment to my registered Democrat son, once he graduates from Marine boot camp next month, 4th generation Marine AND Democrat.

[Skate4RnR]

I'm not un-American. I'm a goddamn patriot, I wanna stop us being fucking railroaded by goddamn right wingers. It sucks balls.

[bane]

What makes anyone think it's possible to enforce a law against sodomy? That's some retarded shit and most of the Texans I've met are much smarter than that.

Every time you create a new law you create a new criminal.

They've had anti sodomy laws on the books for ages in a lot of places. They're almost never enforced. It's just a bunch of bible thumper bullshit designed to make sure the jeebus cripies stay on their side. There are a shit ton of Baptists in Texas, but there's no way any of that crap ever gets taken seriously enough for the legislature to make any kind of a priority. The strip club thing does have some teeth in it, but that happens all over the country. There are still a lot of "dry" places in rural Texas where booze and sexually oriented businesses are illegal, but you can drive to the county line of every one of those areas and find a line of liquor stores and porn shops with parking lots full of cars. Baptists like to talk a bunch of shit and keep "respectable airs" but they're just as depraved as the rest of us. Probably more so.

[johnk5150]

I'm not un-American. I'm a goddamn patriot, I wanna stop us being fucking railroaded by goddamn right wingers. It sucks balls.

You're being railroaded by your representatives regardless of party or political leaning. Your precious elected officials have turned a part time job into a lucrative career bent on controlling you and removing your freedoms. Look up the word dilemma. 21st century politics has a picture of an elephant and a donkey next to it's definition in the dictionary.