Tensions between federal and Texan authorities have sparked a renewed debate over whether the state should consider secession from the U.S.
Texas Republicans voted on Saturday on a motion over whether the state party should back a referendum on the Lone Star State seceding from the United States and becoming an independent country.Under the title of 'state sovereignty,' the proposed motion said 'Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto.
'In May, Abbott instructed universities and community colleges in Texas to ignore an update to Title IX equality legislation by the Biden administration that would ban discrimination based on gender identity in educational institutions.On Saturday, the Texas GOP also voted on a number of other proposals including a plan to 'abolish abortion by immediately securing the right to life and equal protection of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization.
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