[tuesdayrain]

Banning mandates that restrict freedom is ultimately consistent with valuing freedom. Calling that in itself anti-freedom is the same logic as "you aren't truly tolerant unless you accept my intolerance".

[blip54321]

That's a New England liberal perspective on freedom. It's not a Texas small government conservative perspective on freedom.

I'm not arguing for the validity of that (or either) perspective. I'm simply describing classical Texas values.