{"id":18704,"date":"2015-05-11T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/"},"modified":"2015-05-11T20:00:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:00:06","slug":"texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-pi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bellalert-450w\" border=\"0\" height=\"451\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi\" title=\"Bellalert-450w\" width=\"482\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/05\/texas-pastors-compare-same-sex-marriage-to-bestiality-pedophilia-polygamy-video.html\" target=\"_blank\">we told you<\/a> how witnesses compared same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage to bestiality and pedophilia when they testified in support of a bill that would prevent churches and pastors from being forced to participate in <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> weddings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Texas Senate responded by advancing the bill in a 21-10 vote, with one Democrat joining the chamber&#8217;s 20 Republicans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2015\/05\/11\/senate-clarifies-pastors-right-refuse-gay-marriage\/?utm_source=texastribune.org&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=Tribune%20Feed:%20Main%20Feed\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Texas Tribune<\/em><\/a> reports on passage of the so-called &#8220;Pastor Protection Act&#8221;:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>State Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/directory\/jose-rodriguez\/\" title=\"\">Jos&eacute; Rodr&iacute;guez<\/a>, an El Paso Democrat who voted against the measure, questioned whether it could be used to justify a refusal to perform interracial marriages &mdash; shielding religious officials from prosecution &#8220;no matter how extreme [their] views are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pointing out that&nbsp;same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage is banned in Texas, state Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/directory\/john-whitmire\/\" title=\"\">John Whitmire<\/a>, D-Houston, asked what problem the bill was trying to fix.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whitmire said it was &#8220;unheard of&#8221; that a same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> would try to force a pastor to perform a wedding ceremony if that pastor did not accept their marriage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They just want to be left alone to love their partner, they want to get married with clergy in a setting that embraces that union,&#8221; he said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/senate-oks-gay-marriage-clergy-bill\/nmDdZ\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The American-Statesman<\/em><\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The legislation also stipulates that clergy, religious organizations and people employed by a religious group could not be sued for damages, prosecuted for criminal violations, lose tax-exempt status or forfeit a government contract or grant for refusing to provide services, open facilities or sell goods related to same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the language is awfully broad,&rdquo; said Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, adding that a clause protecting groups supervised and controlled by a religious organization would seem to allow for-profit health care, nursing home and other companies to refuse to serve same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Texas House is set to vote on an identical bill Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also Tuesday, the House will vote on a far more dangerous bill, by Rep. Cecil Bell (above), that seeks to undermine a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasobserver.org\/anti-gay-marriage-house-bill-4105-faces-critical-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Texas Observer<\/em><\/a> reports:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The bill would bar&nbsp;state and local&nbsp;employees from issuing, enforcing&nbsp;or recognizing&nbsp;same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage licenses&mdash;and prohibit&nbsp;public monies&nbsp;from being used to do so&mdash;regardless of any court order.<\/p>\n<p>LGBT advocates&nbsp;say if the high court rules in favor of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage, HB 4105&nbsp;would set up a showdown between state and federal law,&nbsp;costing&nbsp;Texas&nbsp;millions of dollars in&nbsp;litigation and potentially delaying the&nbsp;effectiveness of the decision&nbsp;by years. They say the bill would unleash&nbsp;chaos&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2015\/02\/chaos_reigns_in_alabama_as_sam.html\" target=\"_blank\">similar to what&rsquo;s been seen in Alabama<\/a>&nbsp;over same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage, and generate the type of&nbsp;business backlash associated with passage of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/lgbt\/2015\/03\/27\/3639895\/8-entities-may-boycott-indiana-new-lgbt-discrimination-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">an anti-LGBT religious freedom law in Indiana.<\/a>&nbsp;&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Robertson, legal and policy director at the ACLU of Texas, said HB 4105 is&nbsp;designed to give Texas another&nbsp;legal basis&nbsp;for challenging same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage in court: state sovereignty. And she said it could be used as a model by&nbsp;other states for&nbsp;resisting the Supreme Court&nbsp;ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The last time that we saw similar efforts&nbsp;to undermine&nbsp;court rulings about what the Constitution&nbsp;requires was when Southern&nbsp;states attempted to use the power&nbsp;of the purse to avoid having to comply with federal court orders ordering school desegregation,&rdquo; Robertson said. &ldquo;Those tactics were rejected, but obviously&nbsp;it took years of litigation to get to that point. HB 4105 is trying&nbsp;to do the same kind of end run around&nbsp;the Constitution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite comparisons to Indiana&#8217;s religious freedom law, few businesses have come out publicly against the Texas anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage bill, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2015\/05\/11\/business-leaders-silent-as-texas-lawmakers-consider-anti-gay-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Washington Blade<\/em><\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As Texas lawmakers prepare to vote on legislation aimed at circumventing an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage, the state&#8217;s business leaders are largely keeping quiet.<\/p>\n<p>The business community&#8217;s opposition in Indiana helped ignite a media firestorm against a religious freedom law there that is so far absent in the Texas debate. &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Wood, spokesperson for the Texas Association of Businesses, said his organization hasn&#8217;t &#8220;taken any position, nor testified&#8221; on the legislation and doesn&#8217;t have any comment at this time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can take action against House Bill 4105 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texansequalunderlaw.com\/stop_hb_4105\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomtomarry.org\/page\/speakout\/tell-texas-representatives-discrimination-is-not-a-texas-value\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=us9F7NrjqPw:jeskqid6g7I:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=us9F7NrjqPw:jeskqid6g7I:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=us9F7NrjqPw:jeskqid6g7I:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=us9F7NrjqPw:jeskqid6g7I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=us9F7NrjqPw:jeskqid6g7I:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=us9F7NrjqPw:jeskqid6g7I:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=us9F7NrjqPw:jeskqid6g7I:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/us9F7NrjqPw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nJohn Wright<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/05\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2015\/05\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage Last week, we told you how witnesses compared same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage to bestiality and pedophilia when they testified in support of a bill that would prevent churches and pastors from being forced to participate in <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> weddings.&nbsp; On Monday, the Texas Senate responded by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage Last week, we told you how witnesses compared same-sex marriage to bestiality and pedophilia when they testified in support of a bill that would prevent churches and pastors from being forced to participate in gay weddings.&nbsp; On Monday, the Texas Senate responded by &hellip; Continue reading Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-12T00:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\"},\"headline\":\"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-12T00:00:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\"},\"wordCount\":783,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi\",\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\",\"name\":\"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-12T00:00:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/\",\"name\":\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"description\":\"LGBT BLOG\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg\",\"width\":243,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/gayfriendschat\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\",\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GayFriendschat.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/author\/gayfriendschat-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","og_description":"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage Last week, we told you how witnesses compared same-sex marriage to bestiality and pedophilia when they testified in support of a bill that would prevent churches and pastors from being forced to participate in gay weddings.&nbsp; On Monday, the Texas Senate responded by &hellip; Continue reading Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/","og_site_name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","article_published_time":"2015-05-12T00:00:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"GayFriendschat.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_site":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GayFriendschat.com","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/"},"author":{"name":"GayFriendschat.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f"},"headline":"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage","datePublished":"2015-05-12T00:00:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/"},"wordCount":783,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi","articleSection":["NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/","name":"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi","datePublished":"2015-05-12T00:00:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi","contentUrl":"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c788cd69970b-800wi"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/texas-lawmakers-advance-pastor-protection-act-continue-full-fledged-assault-on-same-sex-marriage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Texas Lawmakers Advance &#039;Pastor Protection Act,&#039; Continue Full-Fledged Assault On Same-Sex Marriage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","description":"LGBT BLOG","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization","name":"GayFriendsChat.com","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","width":243,"height":96,"caption":"GayFriendsChat.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gayfriendschat"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f","name":"GayFriendschat.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"GayFriendschat.com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/author\/gayfriendschat-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}