The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that would protect lawyers who have sincerely held religious beliefs from losing their law licenses based on any rule or policy by the State Bar of Texas.
Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, has said that one reason he carried the legislation was because of a model rule by the American Bar Association that would prohibit attorneys from discriminating against LGBTQ people, according to the Dallas Morning News. The State Bar of Texas has not adopted the ABA’s proposed LGBTQ anti-discrimination rule, but the new law would protect attorneys from potential sanctions.