Enthusiasm waned among his conservative base. The action that has ripped the blanket was Perry signing the Hate Crimes bill, known as the James Byrd Act. The bill enhances penalties based on the thoughts of the criminal actor. It puts homosexuality and bisexuality in the same category as race and religion. Ironically, the law has no effect on the man it is named after.
Schools can implement the program without the knowledge or consent of parents.
What this will result in is another story for another time. Callers to a Christian talk-radio show in San Antonio this week were angry and said they will no longer support Perry. One of my friends said she and her husband resigned from his re-election campaign and that her friends are doing the same. The pity is that conservatives have nowhere else to go. Kay B. Hutchinson has been chomping at the bit to run for governor.