Texas GOP: Ban Sodomy

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Updated Apr. 25, 2017 9:46AM EDT / Published Jun. 21, 2010 11:04AM EDT

Defending BP against a government “shakedown” isn’t the only item on Texas Republicans’ agenda: The Texas Republican Party has released its official 2010 platform, and it includes a call for the Texas legislature to reinstate the ban on sodomy that the Supreme Court overturned in 2003. “We oppose the legalization of sodomy,” the platform reads. “We demand that Congress exercise its authority granted by the U.S. Constitution to withhold jurisdiction from the federal courts from cases involving sodomy.” The Texas GOP also wants to make same-sex marriage a felony crime.

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Texas GOP: Ban Sodomy