Poll: Who will win tonight’s GOP debate?
By Randy Shulman
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August 5, 2015
Here’s what you all thought prior to yesterday’s debates:

A Republican lawmaker in Texas introduced a bill to prevent Texas schools from allowing students to behave in ways that mimic the "furry" subculture in classrooms and on campuses.
Furries are a minority sub-culture of adults who typically dress in costumes and roleplay behaviors characteristic of anthropomorphic animal personalities. Some furries -- though not all -- may identify as LGBTQ.
State Rep. Stan Gerdes (R-Smithville), the bill's sponsor, says that he introduced the FURRIES Act on March 13 to discourage schools from allowing students to mimic animal behavior. He says such behaviors are disruptive to learning.
An Ohio law prohibiting transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care has been declared unconstitutional by a state appeals court. The court has permanently blocked officials from enforcing the ban.
On March 18, a three-judge panel of the state's 10th District Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's ruling that allowed the state to enforce the ban, reported NBC News.
The ban on gender-affirming care -- which passed along with a ban on transgender women and girls from participating on female-designated sports teams -- was passed in late 2023 but was later vetoed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
West Virginia Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a bill that effectively erases the existence of transgender people from state law.
Surrounded by anti-trans advocates, Morrisey signed the "Riley Gaines Act" -- named after the former collegiate swimmer-turned-anti-LGBTQ activist -- into law.
The law defines the terms "man" and "woman" based on a person's biological anatomy at the time of birth in the state code.
For all legal purposes, the state will not recognize the gender of any person who identifies outside of the gender binary or identifies as a gender that does not align with their assigned sex at birth.

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