Texas lawmakers considering proposal to bar transgendered people from getting ma

[Shana A]

Texas lawmakers considering proposal to bar transgendered people from getting marriage license

By Associated Press, Monday, April 25, 6:59 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/texas-lawmakers-considering-proposal-to-bar-transgendered-people-from-getting-marriage-license/2011/04/25/AFVcx5gE_story.html 🔗

AUSTIN, Texas — Two years after Texas become one of the last states to allow transgendered people to use proof of their sex change to get a marriage license, Republican lawmakers are trying to roll back the clock.

Advocates for the transgendered say a proposal to bar transgendered people from getting married smacks of discrimination and would put their legally-granted marriages in danger of being nullified if challenged in court.

[Janet_Girl]

And next they will be disallowing mixed race marriages.  It is Texas.  They are not known to be progressive.