We cats are fond of pointing out that the Republicans' draconian views on social issues will cost them economically. That thought re-occurred to us this week.
That's because we're trying to picture Rick Perry, who loves to traipse around the country enticing businesses to move to Texas, getting caught short by Monday's Supreme Court non-decision on marriage equality. Any company CEO who's trying to hire high-quality talent would think twice before relocating to a state that doesn't recognize many career seekers' relationships.
In fact, the Lone Star State has reached the tipping point on such a long list of quality-of-life issues that it's not even funny. No marriage equality. No reproductive rights. No Medicaid expansion. No gun control. No water. Nothing but religious fairy tales in school.
And oh, yeah, Ebola.
Okay, Ebola is probably not going to be just a Texas problem. But so many other states offer better livability — marriage and abortion rights, good healthcare and education, superior infrastructure and sensible gun laws — that if we were a hotshot job candidate these days, places like Texas and Louisiana would be completely off our relo list.
Right-wing haters like to accuse gays of trying to recruit the young. We think it's Rick Perry and his fellow Republicans who are going to have the recruitment problem — and not in ways they expect. We cats PURR.
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