Texas Conservatives Claim LGBTQ Equality Bill 'Bans the Bible'

The Texas legislature reconvened this month and Democratic lawmakers immediately introduced a variety of bills that would advance LGBTQ equality in the state. Conservative leaders are fiercely opposed to the legislation and have turned to a new messaging strategy to defend their ability to discriminate.

According to Texas Values, a state conservative advocacy group, every one of the pro-LGBTQ bills, which likely won't gain any momentum, "[ban] the Bible." The group has even set up the site NoBibleBan.com to redirect to an advocacy page, which declares that the LGBTQ equality bills "would attack people of faith so viciously, we can justifiably describe them as #BanTheBible bills," and which allows visitors to sign up to receive updates on the movement or email their elected officials.