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posted by NCommander on Monday June 09 2014, @10:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the unbelievable dept.

Texas Republicans have decided on a platform that includes abolishing minimum wage, cancelling climate research, banning the teaching of evolution at schools, and repealing the voting rights act, among other things, but hilariously (or depressingly) the one thing on this laundry list that people are angry about is their plan to "rehabilitate" homosexuals, a practice that many say is harmful.

BBC News has more: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27774102

 
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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday June 10 2014, @04:55PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday June 10 2014, @04:55PM (#53851)

    Even on that map, Texas barely has a border with Wyoming.

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday June 10 2014, @06:53PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday June 10 2014, @06:53PM (#53880) Journal

    You didn't get it? The "some people" who say this might be Americans, and that means they are "geographically challenged" (See Miss Teen South Carolina, 2007). Or it was intended to be a spiritual relation, the kind where Petroleum substitutes for cattle ranching, and brings about intellectual decline, moral collapse, and the rise of rather bizarre Republican party platforms. And Cheneys.