Slow train

One's comin', and Edward of Obsidian Wings worries that there might be a spot for him in one of the boxcars.

Not only does Perry sign new anti-abortion legislation in the school gymnasium of at the Calvary Christian Academy, not only did his office send out an e-mail to religious groups before the signing, saying "We want to completely fill this location with pro-family Christian friends who can celebrate with us," he also used the occasion to ceremoniously and totally gratuitously sign a resolution to amend the Texas Constitution by banning same-sex marriages (gratuitously because his signature is in no way whatsoever required at this stage and the entire production was merely hate-baiting).

But that's just the grandstanding. Why he's the "Freak of the Week" is what he said after the signing:

"Texans have made a decision about marriage and if there is some other state that has a more lenient view than Texas then maybe that's a better place for them to live," Perry said.

Do you hear that gay Texans? Your Governor has invited you to leave the state. You're not welcome in the Lone Star State. Only steers, no queers.

The governor of Texas -- like many who suck at the teat of the Christian Right these days -- is letting a little of his totalitarianism show. This goes well beyond the usual pandering, and he's playing a very dangerous game. How long does he think it will be before the good, gay-hatin' folks of Texas decide that the supposed "threat" to their sanctified marriages is so great that it requires removing the source of that threat altogether? Does he care?

Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters,
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition
But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency,
All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the name of religion
And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.