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Democrats in Tarrant County are organizing a protest of Governor Perry on June 5. They sent these details:
Staging Area: Riverside Park in Fort Worth (Look for the big American Flag)
501 Oakhurst Scenic Dr (east of I-35N & Yucca Ave)
"We learn that the governor will use The Calvary Cathedral in Fort Worth and its pulpit to make a press op, trying to convince the voters (and the cameras) that he has delivered. There, he plans to sign into law legislation for minor changes to existing abortion law and the upcoming constitutional election concerning gay marriage - an institution already against Texas law."
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Texans have good reason to be impatient with the Governor, his political party, and the right wing crazy people that impel them further and further beyond sanity and toward a qualitatively worse political situation. Even worse than that, Texas Republicans are a "leading indicator" for the ruling classes' national lurch toward fascism.
One major bad consequence and two good ones have resulted from the end of the infamous 2005 Texas legislative session. The bad one was that they resolved absolutely none of the state's major problems and worsened the minor ones. The good news is that they were largely ineffective, because the plans they made on the major issues would have been devastating to the state's working people. Thank goodness for failure!
The other good news is that they are now railing and playing the blame game against one another. It was completely inevitable that such low and unprincipled people would find themselves unable to maintain any semblance of unity among themselves, and it is gratifying to see them throwing very appropriate and accurate epithets at one another.
Governor Perry, under assault from the general public and powerful
spokespersons in his own party, is attempting to cuddle up with the fanatical
fringe of the religious right. The Dallas paper recently documented Perry's
attempt to build and strengthen a political machine based on any church leaders
unprincipled enough to ally with him and against the working people. In a front-page
article, they wrote, "Gov. Rick Perry is taking an active role in the development
of a network of Christian pastors who seek to register at least 300,000 new
"values voters" in Texas and elect candidates who reflect their moral
agenda.
Dubbed the "Texas Restoration Project," the network constitutes the
most ambitious effort by conservative religious leaders in Texas to mobilize
churches, conduct voter-registration drives and turn out voters on Election
Day. About 500 ministers gathered last month in Austin for a closed-door session
in which Mr. Perry, top members of his administration and influential religious
figures touted the involvement of churches in political affairs...."
The article says that the June 5 church event is part of Perry's effort. Perry will sign a bill limiting women's rights, and is expected to applaud the anti-gay efforts of the recent legislature.
For more info on the twists and turns of Texas right wingers, please look at http://www.pww.org/article/view/7180/