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Related: About this forumTexas appeals after court blocks some transgender child welfare probes
The trial court ruling was a needed ruling. Greg is using Trans children as a political stunt which is disgusting This appeal is disgusting. These Trans children should not be used as pawns for Greg to use in a political stunt
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A Texas state judge on Friday moved to shield a larger group of families from a directive by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) that ordered state officials to investigate parents and guardians who sought gender-affirming health care for their transgender children, but an immediate appeal by the state allowed the child-abuse probes to continue.
The injunction issued by Judge Amy Clark Meachum of the Travis County District Court temporarily blocked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from implementing or enforcing an agency rule, which stemmed from Abbotts directive, against members of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), an LGBTQ organization that sued the state over the policy. The injunction additionally shielded Adam and Amber Briggle, who also sued after DFPS launched an investigation into the family over their teenage transgender son.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) immediately appealed the injunction, which allowed DFPS to continue investigating the families. A lawyer for PFLAG, Shelly Skeen, said that after similar appeals Meachum had in July blocked the state from investigating two other families they had received injunctions from an appellate court. It appeared likely that the plaintiffs would do the same in this instance.
A representative for Paxton did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday. His office argued in court this May that a judges decision to temporarily halt the investigations prevents a state agency from carrying out its statutory duty to investigate reported child abuse.
The injunction issued by Judge Amy Clark Meachum of the Travis County District Court temporarily blocked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from implementing or enforcing an agency rule, which stemmed from Abbotts directive, against members of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), an LGBTQ organization that sued the state over the policy. The injunction additionally shielded Adam and Amber Briggle, who also sued after DFPS launched an investigation into the family over their teenage transgender son.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) immediately appealed the injunction, which allowed DFPS to continue investigating the families. A lawyer for PFLAG, Shelly Skeen, said that after similar appeals Meachum had in July blocked the state from investigating two other families they had received injunctions from an appellate court. It appeared likely that the plaintiffs would do the same in this instance.
A representative for Paxton did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday. His office argued in court this May that a judges decision to temporarily halt the investigations prevents a state agency from carrying out its statutory duty to investigate reported child abuse.
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Texas appeals after court blocks some transgender child welfare probes (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2022
OP
These good Christian folks know what is best for you - now shut up and go to work.
walkingman
Sep 2022
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yankee87
(2,340 posts)1. Crying
Im literally crying at how disgusting and mean the governor of Texas can be towards our transgender children. I understand the Qpublican party needs a bogeyman to hate, but these are real people and families they want to destroy. I hate them with all my heart and hope they all get voted out.
walkingman
(8,333 posts)2. These good Christian folks know what is best for you - now shut up and go to work.
The more the "Conservatives of Texas" open their nasty mouths the more disgusted I become.