Pro: Marriage is between man, woman /Con: Bills would discriminate against trans

[Shana A]

Pro: Marriage is between man, woman

    Gheni Platenburg •
    Originally published June 26, 2011 at 8:51 p.m., updated June 26, 2011 at 8:51 p.m.

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2011/jun/26/gp_protransgendermarriage_062711_142276/

The Republican authors of legislation prohibiting transgender marriage do not know why anyone would oppose it.

From their points of view, the bills just cleaned up the language of a 2009 bill and were not about furthering any discriminatory agenda.

"It was just a cleanup bill," said Chelsie Sanders, administrative assistant and legislative aide for Sen. Tommy Williams, of Houston. "It was not supposed to be anything dramatic."

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Con: Bills would discriminate against transgendered

    Gheni Platenburg •
    Originally published June 26, 2011 at 8:51 p.m., updated June 26, 2011 at 8:51 p.m.

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2011/jun/26/gp_contransgendermarriage_062711_142277/

Brendan Gonzalez is single and ready to mingle.

The 30-year-old plant worker from Port Lavaca hopes to eventually meet a woman with whom he can share the rest of his life, preferably one who has a good head on her shoulders and likes boats.

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Despite his optimistic outlook, SB 723 and HB 3098, both of which would disallow a court order recognizing a sex change as a valid identity document to apply for a marriage license, may put an end to Gonzalez's future marriage plans before they even begin.

[Ann Onymous]

I find it interesting that people still write about impacts of either HB3098 or SB723 given that both of them died with the end of the Regular Session and that they are NOT on the agenda in the current Special Session (nor is there an indication that Governor Goodhair is inclined to authorize any attempts to draft similar legislation to be placed on the agenda in these final days of the Session). 

But why let that get in the way of the fearmongering...especially since neither Bill would have done anything close to what some claimed.  It simply would have removed a document that the County Clerk would have been able to consider as proof of identity.  But since the Bills are dead and stinking, it is all of no consequence to begin with...