I was born in Houston AND I'm studying constitutional law.
There were a LOT of constitutional red flags with this legislation. I was actually working security in Houston when the law was passed and we had a couple of issues with a guy creeping in women's bathrooms who used the legislation as a defense. That only happened twice and it was the same dude both times. But I digress.
The law is inherently unconstitutional. It's a first amendment issue for sure, the question is whether the city will throw down or puss out. My money says that they city will back down but if the churches take this to the supreme court it'll get struck down fairly quickly.
It's also a fact that I think Houston's mayor is lesbian
/you have no idea/
It's literally what she campaigned on. Identity politics irk me to no end and when she was elected I wanted to tear my eyes out. To her credit, her opponent was even worse but at least he wasn't going "vote for me, I'm SPECIAL~"
The law is unconstitutional in that it's "Anti-Discrimination" clause legislates what people can believe/say about minorities/homoloveuals/whatever. The issue isn't with the restrooms it's with the freedom-of-speech limiting riders that come with it.
