Texas Asks US Supreme Court To End California Law Banning State-Funded Travel

By Texas Standard

Published February 11, 2020 at 8:17 AM CST

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has made religious liberty a top priority of his office, criticized the California statute as an unconstitutional and misguided attempt to police other states.

Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune

After Texas passed a law in 2017 allowing foster care agencies to cite sincerely held religious beliefs to deny placements to gay couples, California banned state-funded travel to the Lone Star State.