In the platform voted on by TexasGOP delegates at the party’s biennial convention, one section states “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice.” | SergioMarBel
A group of Republicans take photos in front of an elephant painted with the colors of the Texas flag at the 2022 Republican Party of Texas biennial convention in Houston.
Chris Halbohn called that line “an unnecessarily gratuitous addition to the Republican Party of Texas’ platform.” Halbohn is president of the Log Cabin Republicans of Houston, an organization that represents LGBT conservatives. The delegates also agreed on language that said Republicans don’t believe on “granting” special status to LGBTQ+ people, and also agreed on a plank that states the party opposes “all efforts to validate transgender identity.”
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