Among proposed and approved changes on Texas Republicans' party platform from this weekend's convention: • Declaring homosexuality 'an abnormal lifestyle choice' • Declaring Biden 'not legitimately elected' • Abolishment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
If approved, the new party platform would include declaring homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice," repealing the 16th Amendment that created the federal income tax, and mandating that Texas students "learn about the humanity of the preborn child,” in part by forcing students to listen to ultrasounds of gestating fetuses.
During the convention, Texas Republicans approved a resolution declaring that President Biden "was not legitimately elected," per the Tribune. Attendees also voted on a measure urging "lawmakers to enact legislation to abolish abortion by immediately securing the right to life and equal proaction of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization," perThe platform also calls for the abolishment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, opposes efforts to classify carbon dioxide as a pollutant, and supports prayer "being returned to our schools, courthouses, and other government buildings.
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