BIG BUSINESS THROWING THEIR WEIGHT AROUND IN TEXAS
TO PROMOTE THE GAY AGENDA.
TO PROMOTE THE GAY AGENDA.
A number of high-powered global businesses called on Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) to abandon the state's anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives.
Sixty-five companies including Apple (AAPL), Capital One (COF), Google, Ikea, Johnson & Johnson(JNJ), LinkedIn, Macy's (M), Microsoft (MSFT), PayPal (PYPL), and Yahoo signed the open letter. "Discrimination is bad for business" the headline read in an advertisement in Friday's The Dallas Morning News newspaper.
In February, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared gender-affirming surgical procedures and treatments in children, including prescribing drugs that affect puberty, to be considered "child abuse."
In response to Paxton's legal opinion, the governor directed the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) "to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of any reported instances of these abusive procedures in the State of Texas."
On Friday, Judge Amy Clark Meachum in Travis County blocked the state from enforcing Abbott's order.
"The court finds sufficient cause to enter a temporary injunction," Meachum said. She said Abbott's order was "beyond the scope of his authority and unconstitutional" and that the parents of a transgender child and a psychologist who filed suit against the governor were likely to succeed at trial, which is set for July.
Paxton said on Twitter Friday that he is appealing.
CNN has reached out to Abbott's office for a comment.
Please pray for us in Texas that God would strengthen our Governor and Attorney General in this fight against the perverted agenda of the LGBTQ community.
JLB