Texas GOP candidate's kids must marry heterosexual, white Christians to receive trust fund cash
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Interracial marriage became fully legal in 1967, and same sex marriage received the same protections in 2015, but Republican county commissioner candidate Vickers “Vic” Cunningham seems to have missed the memo. With just a few days left in a vicious GOTexas GOP candidate's kids must marry heterosexual, white Christians to receive trust fund cash
Interracial marriage became fully legal in 1967, and same sex marriage received the same protections in 2015, but Republican county commissioner candidate Vickers “Vic” Cunningham seems to have missed the memo. With just a few days left in a vicious GOP runoff campaign, the former criminal judge and healthcare honcho admitted to The Dallas Morning News this week that his living trust “rewards” his children for picking out life partners whom their father deems acceptable. Vickers “Vic” Cunningham acknowledged Friday that he set up a living trust with a clause rewarding his children if they marry a white person. Cunningham denied harboring racial bigotry but did confirm that his trust includes a stipulation intended to discourage a child from marrying a person of another race or of the same sex. “I strongly support traditional family values,” Cunningham said. “If you marry a person of the opposite sex that’s Caucasian, that’s Christian, they will get a distribution.” Cunningham is quick to insist that the various “milestone” clauses aren’t actual requirements, which, technically, is true. Some of those milestones, such as completing an advanced degree, or running for public office, seem like life events any reasonable parent might wish for their offspring, but the race, gender, and religious “reward” structure undeniably reveals Cunningham’s bias against those who aren’t white, Christian, or straight. Read more