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LostOne4Ever

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16. Plenty

Reply to Boo1 (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:13 AM

Yesterday

It does not take away drivers license or passports from people who got them legitimately:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-revoked-drivers-licenses-1700-transgender-residents-rcna262120

https://www.them.us/story/trump-administration-passports-trans-nonbinary-x-marker-invalid

It does not profile people using driver license ids:

https://www.advocate.com/news/texas-collects-gender-change-requests

It does not promote any religion or creed above others:

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/24/ten-commandments-texas-schools-senate-bill-10/

It does not strip women of their rights to their own bodies:

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/25/texas-trigger-law-abortion/

Strips kids of medical rights:

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/02/texas-transgender-health-care-minors-kids-mental-therapy/

Strips free speech rights:

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/06/texas-drag-show-ban-appeal/

Put freaking bounties on people’s heads for taking a pee:

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/odessa-tx-just-put-10000-bounties

Undo civil rights protections:

https://www.advocate.com/politics/arlington-texas-lgbtq-discrimination-vote

And more and more and more of this shit every freaking year…

Québec sounds like a dream come true to this hell I have to live through.

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Quebec enforces secularism, bans street prayers, prayer rooms in universities, wearing of religious symbols by educators [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday OP

Sick. applegrove Friday #1

I have no doubt this will be challenged in court... Spazito Friday #2

It already has, hasn't it Fiendish Thingy Friday #4

I think this is an add-on to the original bill 21... Spazito Friday #5

I could agree with this regarding public service employees wnylib Yesterday #17

I am on the fence on this one... Spazito Yesterday #18

Agree. wnylib Yesterday #19

Turbans and hijabs are prohibited Fiendish Thingy Friday #3

Banning street prayer is a little over the top, but I'm all for removing religion, in any aspect, from schools. eppur_se_muova Friday #6

I think this ban refers to a certain type of street prayer..large groups protesting palestinian plight BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #7

Well, not too surprised, but it seems too much like a way of stopping protests such as those in Minneapolis recently ... eppur_se_muova Friday #8

this is what the "street prayer" looks like in Quebec. Bigger ones in NYC and Europe BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #9

I applaud this. harumph Friday #10

While I think this is overboard LostOne4Ever Yesterday #11

I don't see any difference Boo1 Yesterday #12

No, The Texas thing favors white right wing xtians JI7 Yesterday #15

Plenty LostOne4Ever Yesterday #16

Tell yourself that Boo1 21 hrs ago #20

I'm fine with banning full face veils in any position where you're interacting with the public fujiyamasan Yesterday #13

This is a Cultural thing. I think it applies to all religions so I don't have JI7 Yesterday #14

Good for Quebec. DavidDvorkin 19 hrs ago #21

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