Samantha, this isn't new news as Texas has been doing this same thing or trying for several years now. They have been running into the lawsuits filed in the courts along with the Supreme Court. It's not illegal to collect data as national requests for population not only counts numbers bur also asks if one is pink, purple, black, brown, white, Indian, etc. They also want to know if I'm M or F how many acres I farm, what crops I plant, number of livestock and what kind along with how much money I made or lost. Am I married, how many kids I have and I want to add in baby goats on that question as they are "kids". I'm sure they asked how many times I went to the bathroom but I probably skipped that one. I have not a clue how many times I've filled out forms asking if I'm gay, lesbian, transsexual, or? I'm guessing more than a hundred of them at this stage of my life.

Life and society changes with time. Carried three professional licenses in two different states. I now carry six government IDs where once upon a time I had one when I started driving "legally" I once could walk into any store selling guns and buy one without question if I had the money. I now have to fill out six pages of legal forms, have it witnessed along with copies of my CDL and SS, all faxed to the Fed Gov and wait for approval before I may purchase a gun.

What I want everyone to understand is a person is no longer a non entity if one is a legal U.S. citizen. Those government records are in a national data base and they exist on everyone. They don't have to ask if I'm trans, they already have all that on file. They don't have to ask if I pack heat, they have that on file. They know more about me then I know about myself. I really don't care as it's the world I lived long enough to join in the paranoia and insanity.
Hugs Sam
Barb
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference".