Is a political party liberated to exclude groups and causes it does not want within its fold? In a newly come decision.

Is a political party liberated to exclude groups and causes it does not want within its fold? In a newly come decision, the Texas Supreme Court held that the exclusion of the Log Cabin Republicans, a arrange of gay and lesbian Republicans seeking acceptance within the Republican Party, from the Party's 1996 state convention was an internal party affair not reached from the Texas Bill of Rights.(1) Accordingly, the court excludeed their free speech, equal rights, and suitable process of law claims.

In April of 1996 the Log Cabin Republicans of Texas applied for, and were granted, an exhibitor's

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