California Bans State Travel to Texas

A dispute between America's two most populous states is heating up: California has banned state-funded travel to Texas, citing a law that allows foster care agencies to deny adoptions to LGBT families and others based on "sincerely held religious beliefs," reports the Texas Tribune. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Thursday that Texas was being added to the list of states it considers to have discriminatory laws. 

"While the California DOJ works to protect the rights of all our people, discriminatory laws in any part of our country send all of us several steps back," he said. The move bans California agencies and public universities from paying for work-related travel to Texas.

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