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How likely is it that the legistation proposed by the Texas GOP Platform would actually be passed?

Asked by stemnyjones (3976points) June 25th, 2010

I’ve been reading a lot about the legislation being proposed by the Texas GOP platform – outlawing sodomy, making gay marriage punishable by jail time, and taking children away from gay couples.

Now, I am a lesbian woman with a biological 8 month old daughter who lives with me and my life partner. I lived in Texas a few years ago, and I was planning on moving back after I finished college. I think this article has permanently changed my mind about that. I mean, forgive me for sounding like a depressed teenager, but things like this really, honestly hit me deep – if I didn’t have a child and wonderful partner to live for, stuff like this would really push me towards suicide. Even though I am happy with my life right now, I have to take a break from reading stuff like that because it really makes me lose faith in humanity and the world. It makes me want to stop watching the news and keeping up with politics all together – the only thing that stops me from doing that is thinking of all the children who would be ripped from their loving but homosexual parents and placed into foster homes where they could likely be raped and abused by straight couples.

My question is, how likely is it that something like this could actually pass? Are people past this ignorant bigotry enough to know better, or are there actually enough people out there who oppose homosexuality for this bill to pass and families to be ripped apart?

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