Well must Americans want to end Greg Abbott expressing anything at all, but we can’t all have what we want.

Yep, keep it up. Surely, beating the drum of the culture war won’t backfire at the polls. Ask Ron DeSantis for ideas.

/s

Seriously though, this will fail on appeal via the first amendment, even if they manage to pass something. “Freedom of expression” is a clearly established as synonymous with " freedom of speech," and as Conservative as SCOTUS is, they haven’t signaled they’re willing to completely overturn the first amendment for the idiotic culture war (since that harms their own people).

Not sure what mileage he’s expecting to get out of this; does he have some delusion that he has a shot at the presidency next time around?

Greg Abbott can go fuck himself

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Because of a Supreme Court decision, Bostock v. Clayton County, LGBTQ individuals are a protected class under federal law that bars discrimination in the workplace.

Earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily blocked a Florida law that prevented a transgender teacher from using pronouns that do not align with their sex assigned at birth.

“This time,” U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in his decision to temporarily block the law, “the State of Florida declares that it has the absolute authority to redefine your identity if you choose to teach in a public school.

Monacelli noted that after Abbott’s remarks, a number of conservative politicians in Texas came out in support of a ban on teachers dressing in ways that do not line up with their gender assigned at birth.

In June of last year, he signed legislation that banned trans youth from accessing transition-related care such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers.

LGBTQ rights groups, including PFLAG and the American Civil Liberties Union, have filed lawsuits challenging the Texas law.

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