This is not a political discussion site. Please don't submit stories like this. They just provide yet another anonymous place for people to argue and talk past each other.
As someone who lives in Texas, this is very relevant to HN readership. I wouldn't move to Texas now if this law were in place, and if I needed people in the state I work think twice about creating a startup here these days.
Insisting on keeping things apolitical is a political statement in itself, just in favor of the status quo, rather than in opposition.
You can't escape politics.
There are innumerable other places to have political discussions. This topic is indisputably a lightning rod and catalyst for flamewars. Can we have one single place where we agree not to disagree like this? Without that we will never agree on anything.
No.
This community has a lot of people in positions that can have a big impact on the direction of society. Going in to an echo chamber somewhere else achieves nothing.