A last-minute amendment to the Texas GOP platform labels homosexuality as an 'abnormal lifestyle choice.' One openly gay Republican from the Houston area, called the language 'harmful.'
PUBLISHED 2:22 PM CDT Jun. 20, 2022The Texas Republican Party’s new position on homosexuality – labeling it an “abnormal lifestyle choice” – was a last-minute amendment dropped into a platform draft with minimal discussion.
“So, not only is it not normal, it’s extremely abnormal,” Patrick said. “It’s a clear factual statement, and it sets up a predicate to all the other things that we talk about here.” “Look, abnormal? Yes, by the scientific mathematical definition, you are correct,” Vaughn said of Patrick's illustration. “But we could call Vietnamese Americans abnormal , too, because they’re a very small percentage of Americans.”
Personal insults are not the way to move the Republican Party forward, Vaughn told his colleagues. Respecting each other would have meant discussing differences on different sides. Diana Richards, who represented West Texas, said it’s wasn’t about not loving people. It had to do with the difference between a lifestyle choice and being born into a subset.
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