The newly filed Freedom of Speech Act, if passed, would repeal a series of relatively young laws that punish Texas businesses for supporting progressive causes.
"Texas, a state that prides itself on individual liberty and freedom, is disallowing business to be conducted freely," Rosenthal said in announcing."If we value constitutional protections, we must repeal these statutes that restrict the fundamental right to freedom of speech."
So how did these bans on business come to be? The wave started swelling with 2017's HB 89 by then-Rep., R-Weatherford , which passed with broad bipartisan support and now prohibits government entities from contracting with anyone boycotting Israel. HB 89 took aim at the movement, a Palestinian-led effort applying economic pressure to force Israel to end violence against Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
That law's been challenged before – in 2018, a Palestinian American Pflugerville ISD speech pathologist lost her contract with the district when she
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