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mwmisses4289

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10. Goofy is too polite a term for this.

Reply to txwhitedove (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 09:49 AM

Nov 5

I think many of us have seen what "parental rights" in action really is: people who claim to be fundamentalist christians, who are
really anti-vaxxers and
anti-educationalists wanting to keep children ignorant, ill and abused.

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Well, shoot. Looks like all the texas constitutional amendments passed. [View all] mwmisses4289 Nov 5 OP

Texans are not yet fed up. Irish_Dem Nov 5 #1

oh they are fed up, but they are enablers. Javaman Thursday #15

What is the parental rights one? Amaryllis Nov 5 #2

This. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #4

so parents could physically assault their children and nothing can be done about it? DBoon Nov 5 #11

Pretty much. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #14

Like they don't have enough rights already. catrose Nov 5 #12

Goofy, right? At least we "clarified" that issue. txwhitedove Nov 5 #8

Goofy is too polite a term for this. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #10

I guess that gets us up to 547 now? tanyev Nov 5 #3

What? and have the texas legislators actually do some work? mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #5

And be in session every year instead of every other year! tanyev Nov 5 #6

Yeah, state as big as ours, it really does need our legislature to be a yearly thing. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #7

I'm happy. With Prop 11 & 13, my home taxes will go down somewhat. txwhitedove Nov 5 #9

Tax breaks for the wealthy, more power concentrated with the governor & his cronies. catrose Nov 5 #13