The Texas State Capitol in Austin. “It’s been cloaked in religious freedom, but the genesis, the nexus of this bill, is in hatred,” state Rep. Celia Israel, a Democrat from Austin, said according to the Texas Tribune. “Look at the language in this bill,” Krause said, according to the Tribune. There is nothing discriminatory in the intent.”Members of the newly formed LGBT caucus spoke out against the bill. The Texas attorney general says it’s ‘discriminatory.’]Other prominent Republicans in the state such as Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz, made similar claims at the time.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2019 23:06 UTC