But, Texas does have a reputation for being backward, regressive, racist, and willfully ignorant. It was Texas State Board of Education that led to a decades-long battle over evolution. If that's not embarrassing, I don't know what is.
Texas also just passed a law that will shut down all but 4 (maybe 5) of the health clinics that offer abortion in the entire state. Those clinics are also where a lot of folks get birth control, STD testing, and often where poor women go for gynecological care.
Texans will spend 15% more on healthcare because of the stubbornness of our governor. Whether one agrees with Obamacare or not, it's pretty nasty to intentionally screw over poor people out of nothing more than spite.
Texas definitely has a bad reputation. And, it deserves that bad reputation.