Texas filed a lawsuit Monday over a California law that prohibits official travel to states that California deems discriminatory against LGBTQ people
AUSTIN — Texas filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court over a California law that prohibits official travel to states
Paxton is asking the Supreme Court to overturn California’s travel ban because it is “infected with animus towards religion,” violates federal laws on interstate commerce and discriminates against Texas business owners.in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to provide a cake for a same-sex couple as grounds for the lawsuit.
Under the ban, state employees, as well as academics and athletes from state universities, are prohibited from using state money for travel, though they can still raise money from other sources to make the trips. The move is intended to pressure conservative states to reverse laws in question and prevent states from passing new such laws.
In the suit, Paxton cited several examples of canceled trips to Texas. In one instance, students from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo couldn’t travel to a Houston conference of minority architects.
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