The 2010 Texas GOP platform is a list of “do-nots” hinged on the morality of a few fringe Republicans who claim to be conservative. The truth is that any government or party hoping to shape the personal lives of Americans is generally an overpowering, oppressive entity which our Founders fought against. The GOP platform in Texas isn’t a conservative one, but a big-government-knows-best plan which would outlaw certain kinds of sexual activity (even certain heterosexual sex), strip clubs, gambling and pornography. Instead of focusing on the fiscal issues facing the state and the country, they took some quick jabs at easy targets like the gay population and immigrants. You’ll have to scan to the end of the document before you get to issues of taxation, business and national security.
By the way, the state GOP is about $500,000 in the red. No mention of how they’ll fix this problem and become fiscally secure in the full platform.
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