“This is about values,” Abbott said. “This is about constitutional principles. This is about a restoration of who we are as a country.”
The governor acknowledged that it is highly unlikely he would endorse a similar initiative for more progressive, left-leaning causes, but added that “it would not be illegal” for them to exist in public schools. Abbott signed Senate Bill 12 earlier this year, a sweeping state law that banned student clubs with an LGBTQ+ focus.
Wouldn’t be the first time an organization that’s ostensibly illegal undergoes a rebrand to deflect attention or persecution.
But that tends to work better when you’re an in-group trying to stay on the DL than when you’re a minority group trying to legitimize your own existence.