Plano TX Rep. Matt Shaheen launches Christian attack on Texas Latino Pride Fest. Will criminal charges be filed against organizers? Update 1,2,3.
Letter sent to the Dallas City Council, Dallas Police Chief, Dallas County Dist. Attorney to investigate Texas Latino Pride Fest on serious charges.
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Will Texas Latino Pride Fest face criminal charges?
The following letter by Shaheen refers to criminal laws, both misdemeanor and felony.
Even if Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia doesn’t make arrests and Dallas Dist. Attorney John Creuzot doesn’t file charges, that doesn’t mean that some state authority might file charges or the Texas Rangers might be sent to make arrests.
I think the gravity of the situation needs to be understood.
See Update 1.
Texas House Rep. Matt Shaheen’s letter to Dallas City Council asking for investigation of Texas Latino Pride Fest.
This is the letter sent to the Dallas City Council, by TX Rep. Matt Shaheen, (R-Plano), with copies to the Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia and Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot.
He posted it both on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.
https://twitter.com/MattShaheen/status/1706429231817687409
I will be doing freedom of information act (FOIA) to see what replies, if any he gets.
I have submitted an open records request for the images mentioned in the above letter. The anti-LGBT elements are spying on Pride events. Got the photos. See update.
Be prepared to laugh.
Matt Sheehan’s letter was reported on this morning by the Dallas Express.
https://dallasexpress.com/city/tx-rep-demands-dallas-investigate-pride-event/?acuuid=63865
This Tweet by the Dallas County health services was a concern of Dallas Express.
Update 1:
The Dallas Express is having additional reports to apply pressure on officials to act against the the Texas Latino Pride Fest.
Creuzot has switched from Democrat to Republican to Democrat so far in his career. He is a weather van and might switch again. So don’t be so sure he won’t take action.
https://dallasexpress.com/city/creuzot-mum-on-all-ages-pride-event-promoted-by-county
Internet Archive link, in case this article gets pulled. The archive can be slow sometimes, so give it a minute and maybe even refresh.
Quoting from the article.
Similarly, Creuzot adopted a non-prosecution policy pertaining to abortion. To date, he has not publicly announced an end to the policy, meaning he could possibly face removal from office due to a new Texas law, as reported by The Dallas Express.
We might find out that Creuzot is as solid as TX Sen. Royce West is on LGBT rights, which isn’t very solid at all.
The risk of the organizers of the Texas Latino Fest is very real.
Update 2:
Dallas Express Reports on Dallas City Council member Chad West’s response to Plano TX Rep. Matt Shaheen’s email about the Texas Latino Pride Fest.
https://dallasexpress.com/city/west-spurns-inquiry-into-all-ages-pride-event/
This Dallas Express report was in response to these two articles.
Dallas Observer article:
Dallas Voice with both Chad West’s response that it was an “ideologial stunt,” and updated with a response from the Texas Lationo Pride Fest organizers.
Update 3:
This a Dallas Express report on Tx Plano-Republican TX Rep. Matt Shaheen’s response to Chad West. Now Shaheen can say he repeatedly called on Dallas City authorities to act when he goes to get Texas state authorities act.
https://dallasexpress.com/city/tx-rep-presses-for-all-ages-pride-fest-probe/
The situation is still developing.
Right-wing media coverage
I will be putting right-wing media coverage here as it happens. Come back to keep up with what is happening.
Other media coverage.
Dallas Morning News hasn’t covered Shaheen’s letter yet.
Dallas Voice had an article that afternoon after I sent out my article. City Council member Chad West had a statement, but there is no statement from Omar Narvaez.
The Dallas Voice only reached out to the “LGBTQ” City Council members and the City Council member representing the district which Reverchon is in. I would think that all City Council members should be asked, if you are going to ask.
Dallas Observer did an article 10/3/2023.
I am not sure how Jacob Vaughn figures that these are not serious. These types of laws are dependent on the interpretation of judges. SB12 might have been ruled unconstitutional by a judge, but these state laws and how they might be applied isn’t clear.
Already the Dallas Express is going after Dallas Dist. Attorney John Creuzot’s office, threatening his removal from office if he doesn’t act against the Texas Latino Pride Fest.
https://dallasexpress.com/city/creuzot-mum-on-all-ages-pride-event-promoted-by-county/
Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/16uqixj/tx_rep_matt_shaheen_rplano_calls_for_criminal/
As of Sunday morning, 10/1/2023, 6:00 am. Reporting on Shaheen’s letter got a fair amount of coverage. The upvote was 323. The upvote is the yes votes minus the no votes.
Reddit is an excellent way to get information to the general public.
Background on Campaign against Texas Latino Pride Fest
I have been reporting on the campaign against the Texas Latino Pride Fest and the protest that happened against them.
The 2nd half of this report has info on the protests against the event. You can see from Matt Shaheen’s letter that they have persons at Pride events spying.
About Matt Shaheen
https://mattshaheen.com/meet-matt
To quote from his webpage:
Matt is also very active in his church. He attends Prestonwood Baptist Church where he serves as a Deacon and an usher, and he is on the church’s pregnancy center board. Matt previously lead a bible study for prison inmates, which gave him a passion for criminal justice reform and helped to guide his work in that area.
This is his official house website. Dist. 66 in Collin County.
https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=66
This is the link to his church’s website.
Their beliefs.
https://prestonwood.org/about/our-beliefs/
At the bottom of this page is the following:
Read The Baptist Faith and Message for our full statement of faith.
They are anti-Gay.
The Biblical passages have murderous intents.
Shaheen filed a bill in Jan. 2023 to make drag shows as sexually-orientated businesses. This would have effectively shut down all the drag shows in Texas, since adult-businesses have regulations and restrictions to make the operation of a Gay bar impossible.
Shaheen campaigned to get anti-drag bill SB12 passed.
https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/sb-12-drag-references-sexually-oriented-performances-16598119
In this post, I explain how classifying a drag show as adult entertainment would shut down drag shows completely.
Wrote to Plano City Council, Police Chief and Collin Co. Dist. Atty.
Summary
The Lesbian and Gay movement needs to adopt a much more militant edge. I am near the email limit and so I will end here. The online version might be expanded.
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