Written by Nicholas Vetrisek
Texas is suing California as a result of the state’s law, AB 1887, that prohibits state officials from traveling to states that limit abortion or LGBT rights.
According to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the law must be kept in place because “In California, we have chosen not to use taxpayer money to support laws discriminating against the LGBTQ community.”
On the other hand, Texas sees the issue much differently. has stated that “California has targeted Texas and its residents because Texas protects the religious freedom of faith-based child welfare providers within its borders,” explained Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. “In California’s so-called forward thinking, it is not enough to burden religion in California; it must go further and coerce other States to increase burdens on religion within their own borders.”
The issue is entirely political and the law is only being used for partisan purposes. For Becerra, this is just another way of shutting out anyone who doesn’t sufficiently ascribe to the ideological dogma regarding sexuality that the left developed five seconds ago.
Elected officials shouldn’t be barred from traveling to other states simply because of trivial partisan reasons—or for any reason, really. Elected officials must be able to meet with one another in a functioning nation and it’s for this reason that this law ought to be struck down as unconstitutional per the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
