Tag Archives: Rafael Anchia
Pro-LGBT Birth Certificate Bill Approved by House Committee
A Texas House committee passed a pro-LGBT bill that would allow same-sex parents to have both names on the birth certificate of adopted children....Read More
The Legislature’s Approach to Climate Change: Say Nothing, Do Nothing
I think I know why Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) chose to hold his second climate change hearing on 4/20 instead of Earth Day, which is on Wednesday: You’d ha...Read More
Rep. Anchia Decries Lack Of Support For Pro-LGBT Birth Certificate Bill
Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) delivered an impassioned speech on the House floor in support of a proposal to allow the adopted children of same-sex couples to ...Read More
Pro-LGBT Birth Certificate Bill Finds GOP Support
A Republican committee chairman smacked down an anti-LGBT witness Wednesday during a hearing on a proposal to allow same-sex parents to have both their names on...Read More
Under Pressure Nationally, Teach for America Finds Growing Support in Texas
Teach for America is changing, its recruitment is struggling and its critics are gaining support. It's time for a closer look at Texas' support for TFA....Read More
Legislators Seek to Overturn Anti-Gay Birth Certificate Law
LGBT group says the 1997 restriction hurts kids, calling it ‘the lowest form of politics’.
On Wednesday, state Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) introduced a bill for the fourth consecutive session that would remove gender requirements for adoptive parent...Read More
Lawmakers Scrap Over ‘Outside Groups’
Angry debate erupted on House floor when Rep. Byron Cook allowed an amendment that would’ve gutted a previously-uncontested portion of the PUC sunset bill....Read More
Sundown on the Sunset Commission? TPPF Floats the Proposal
The panel, "Should Texas Sunset the Sunset Commission?" asked an apparently pressing question on the minds at TPPF, but hardly anybody else's....Read More
Ask A Legislator: What Is a Sanctuary City?
Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared sanctuary cities an emergency item for the 82nd Legislature, exempting the issue from a 60-day wait normally required to vote on ...Read More