Early voting in the state of Texas primary is underway ahead of next week's March 3 Election Day. Texas Scorecard reports that there are 10 propositions on the Republican ballot.
Many topics are covered in the propositions, including property tax, public school teachings, and illegal immigration among others. Proposition 10 says that the state should prohibit Sharia Law.
The purpose of the ballot propositions is to measure voter support to guide the party’s legislative interests in 2027, which will be voted on in June 2026. The listed propositions were approved last September by the State Republican Executive Committee in a 59-3 vote.
Tony Perkins, program host of Washington Watch, said that, unlike Judaism and Christianity, Islam is a political and legal system all rolled into one and that Sharia Law is part of it.
Frank Gaffney, president for Institute for the American Future, says there's no misunderstanding the intent of those who practice Islam.
"Islamists — some call them, I think of them as Sharia supremacists — are very clear about this. They say that Islam is not a religion — that it is instead a complete way of life and, I believe, a political ideology at best and at worst a diabolical death cult," says Gaffney.
He said that Sharia Law is about power, and he talked about the goal of the proposition in Texas.
"The practical effect of this Proposition 10 is arguably the most important single measure being voted on in the course of this primary — that's for sure — and maybe across the country because it offers the people an opportunity to say, 'I don't want to go that way. I do not want our country, our country's various states, to submit to Sharia’,” states Gaffney. “And they shouldn't either.”
The “Save Texas, Save America Campaign” has formed in response to inform people about Sharia Law and Proposition 10. Their goal is to gather support for banning Sharia in the country starting in Texas.
