Rep. Molly White staff won’t schedule gay activist, calls it a "waste of time"
tate Rep. Molly White’s, R-Belton, staff told a gay rights supporter opposing legislation she had introduced to leave literature on their positions at the office, but not to expect an appointment with the representative.
White is the author of House Bill 2553, which would allow business owners to cite “sincerely held religious or personal belief” and “conscientious grounds” as grounds for denying goods or services to a person. She also authored House Bill 2555, which would prohibit the creation or recognition of same sex marriages or civil unions regardless of whether a “federal court ruling or other federal law” allows them.
White’s bills have drawn criticism from members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. On March 23, Salado resident Frank Carlson traveled to Austin to visit with legislators as part of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lobby day. Carlson, who is gay and the secretary for the Bell County Democratic Party, went to the Capitol to represent Equality Texas, the state’s largest gay rights organization.
“I was part of a group that went into Rep. White’s office without an appointment, just like we had gone into nine other offices,” Carlson said. “And we were initially greeted by her communications director.”
Read more: http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_d8f9bf90-dfe9-11e4-96cc-ef953fac642b.html (Temple Daily Telegram)
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