Supporters of that so called 'Bathroom Bill' say they will not be intimidated by the demand of dozens of major employers, from Southwest Airlines to IBM, demanding that the measure be scrapped in the Special Session, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
Jonathan Saenz, an attorney who heads the group 'Texas Values' says big employers don't run the state, the people do, and the people want women and girls to be free from male sex predators in women's restrooms.
"The polling continues to show the majority of Texans, whether they are black, white, or brown, whether they are Christians or non-Christians, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, they support policies that keep men out of women's bathrooms, and that is what the Texas Privacy Act is all about when it comes to keeping men of women's restrooms in public buildings."
The bill would limit the use of rest rooms to the gender on the user's birth certificates. It would also overturn so called 'Non Discrimination Ordinances,' like the one approved in San Antonio in 2013, that would allow transgender individuals to use the restrooms that match their gender identity.
The concerns raised by Saenz and other opponents is that male sex predators will claim to be transgender to gain access to women's restrooms or locker rooms, where they will commit sex crimes against women and girls, photograph the women, or simply gawk and act creepy.
Saenz says the facts don't bear out the claims by the business and tourism groups that the Bathroom Bill would cost the state billions of dollars in lost jobs, and convention and visitor revenue.
"Texas has continued, whether it is polling, whether it is advancing the Texas Privacy Act over the past seven months, we continue to see during that time period we have seen more and more businesses move to Texas," he told News Radio 1200 WOAI. "We have seen during that seven months, Texas has become number one in business."
The supporters of the Bathroom Bill have even adopted the language of campus liberals, saying the seek 'safe spaces' for 'the most vulnerable.'