You've probably heard by now about the chaos at the Capitol on Tuesday as the House was beginning to debate and vote on SB14 (ban gender modification bill). It was a totally CRAZY day! The gallery was about two-thirds filled with supporters in red shirts that said "Protect Texas Kids". The others were the opposition to the bill, mostly wearing blue shirts that said "Protect Trans Kids". When the bill was called, the opposition people started screaming, chanting, unfurling banners over the railing, and generally shouting down the lawmakers on the House floor with their noise. DPS immediately stepped in to remove the disrupters, but that only escalated the screaming. Eventually, Speaker Phelan called for DPS to clear the entire gallery. Arrests were made and people went to jail, but the Travis County DA refused to prosecute, citing "insufficient evidence", so the people were released later Tuesday night. A point of order was called before the chaos began, and the bill was recommitted to the committee to fix a minor detail in the analysis report. The committee did that quickly, and Calendars Committee has re-scheduled the vote for today, Friday May 5. We will probably see a repeat of this activity on Friday when they try again. And the trans supporters will be back, probably in bigger numbers. And why not? There are no consequences to their bad behavior, so there's nothing to stop them.

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