Editing Greg Abbott (section)

=== Religion ===
In 2015, Abbott signed the Pastor Protection Act, which allows members of the clergy to refuse to marry same-sex couples if they feel doing so violates their beliefs.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Crampton|first1=Liz|title=Abbott Signs "Pastor Protection Act" Into Law|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/11/gov-abbott-signs-pastor-protection-act/|date=June 11, 2015|work=The Texas Tribune|access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>

In 2017, Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 24, preventing state or local governments from subpoenaing pastors' sermons.<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas">{{cite news|last1=Svitek|first1=Patrick|title=Abbott Signs Bill Protecting Sermons from Subpoenas|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/21/abbott-signs-bill-protecting-sermons-subpoenas/|date=May 21, 2017|work=[[The Texas Tribune]]|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Abbott Signs Bill Preventing Government From Subpoenaing Sermons|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/abbott-signs-bill-preventing-government-subpoenaing-sermons/|date=May 21, 2017|publisher=CBS DFW|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref> The bill was inspired by an anti-discrimination ordinance in [[Houston]], where five pastors' sermons were subpoenaed.<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas"/>

Also in 2017, Abbott signed House Bill 3859, which allows faith-based groups working with the Texas child welfare system to deny services "under circumstances that conflict with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs." Democrats and civil rights advocates said the adoption bill could allow such groups to discriminate against those who practice a different religion or who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and LGBT rights groups said they would challenge the bill in court.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=Marissa|title=Abbott OKs Religious Refusal of Adoptions in Texas|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/15/abbott-signs-religious-protections-child-welfare-agencies/|date=June 15, 2017|work=[[The Texas Tribune]]|access-date=June 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Herskovitz|first1=Jon|title=Texas governor approves adoption bill that critics contend discriminates|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-adoption-lgbt-idUSKBN19631H|date=June 15, 2017|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=June 25, 2017}}</ref> In response, California added Texas to a list of states to which it banned official government travel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Watkins|first1=Matthew|title=Citing Religious Refusal of Adoption Rule, California Bans State Travel to Texas|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/22/citing-religious-refusal-adoption-rule-california-bans-state-travel-te/|date=June 22, 2017|work=[[The Texas Tribune]]|access-date=June 25, 2017}}</ref>