'ow t' spik texan
give this sentence from the texas republican party platform to a kid. tell em to diagram it. "homosexuality is a chosen behavior that is contrary to the fundamental unchanging truths that has been ordained by God in the Bible, recognized by our nation's founders, and shared by the majority of Texans." according to the rules of grammar, the "that" before "has been ordained by god" refers to behavior because "has" is singular. if it was "have", which is plural "that" would refer to truths. so let me rephrase the sentence a bit to make the meaning of what they actually wrote clear. without actually changing the meaning of what they wrote. homosexuality is: a chosen behavior that is contrary to the fundamental unchanging truths; ordained by god in the bible; recognized by our nation's founders; and shared by the majority of texans. to put it even more simply. according to the texas republican party: homosexuality is a not a choice. god loves fags. the founding fathers accepted fags. texans are fags. and the sound bite version: texans were born queer. god loves them. just as the founding fathers intended.