# Texit next! Who could complain about that? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texit-next-who-could-complain-about-that/758288 "2016-06-25T01:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texit-next-who-could-complain-about-that/758288/121 "2016-06-28T19:25:27Z")
> [@XT](#): > > A lot of this discussion seems to revolve around the supposed desire of ‘a large number’ of Texans wanting to secede. Speaking as the citizen of a country that has an actual secessionist movement in one of its political subdivisions, I can say with some knowledge of the subject; Texas does not have a secessionist movement in any sense that matters. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texit-next-who-could-complain-about-that/758288/122 "2016-06-30T08:33:47Z")
That’s a very good thing. [http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/29/3794051/texas-transgender-policy-paxton/](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/29/3794051/texas-transgender-policy-paxton/) If you pay attention, every single day, pricks in power in Texas prove that they shouldn’t have supreme authority over what happens there. Only keeping Republicans out of the White House and thus, preventing a conservative-stacked Supreme Court, stops idiots from making innocent children’s lives miserable. There will be no other effects in our society, besides dead or homeless children, if the blowhard Texas AG gets his way. No argument can be made in favor of his position. Forcing kids to be outed to their parents is a recipe for disaster. There’s a reason why even children know not to tell their brain-dead bigot parents who they really are. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texit-next-who-could-complain-about-that/758288/123 "2016-06-30T13:18:05Z")
> [@bump](#): > > A little more fuel for that fire: > > [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/what-makes-houston-the-next-great-american-city-4870584/?no-ist](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/what-makes-houston-the-next-great-american-city-4870584/?no-ist) > > [http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/26/immigrants-reshapehoustonamericasmostdiversemetropolis.html](http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/26/immigrants-reshapehoustonamericasmostdiversemetropolis.html) > > [In Houston, America's Diverse Future Has Already Arrived : It's All Politics : NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/07/01/195909643/tx2020-houston-racial-ethnic-diversity-americas-future) (actually grew up about a mile and a half from where the monks’ picture was taken) > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/us/what-ethnic-diversity-looks-like-fort-bend.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/us/what-ethnic-diversity-looks-like-fort-bend.html?_r=0) (FYI, there are about 3-4 mosques, 2 synagogues and a bunch of Christian churches within about 2 miles of that Hindu temple) Notice that all of these cites (and the previous one) refer to the same study by Rice University, located (SHOCK!) in Houston, TX. Some other perspectives: Vhttp://www.moneytalksnews.com/the-10-most-racially-diverse-cities-america/ > **[The Most and Least Diverse Cities in America - Priceonomics](https://priceonomics.com/the-most-and-least-diverse-cities-in-america/)** > > A follow-up post, with one methodology for ranking cities by diversity. > **[The Most and Least Diverse Cities in America - Priceonomics](https://priceonomics.com/the-most-and-least-diverse-cities-in-america/)** > > A follow-up post, with one methodology for ranking cities by diversity. [http://www.city-data.com/top103.html](http://www.city-data.com/top103.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texit-next-who-could-complain-about-that/758288.md?page=6)