Staff Reports
Texas leaders moved decisively to protect Texans’ property rights and constitutional order when Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 4211 last year to block the creation of discriminatory, Sharia-style compounds masquerading as private developments. This was not a stunt — it was a necessary step after troubling proposals like EPIC City sought to use religion as a legal loophole to segregate communities and impose a parallel system of rules. Texans deserve leaders who put the rule of law and individual liberty first, and Abbott delivered.
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has followed through with real investigative teeth, demanding records and probing schemes that aimed to carve out no-go zones for American law inside our own state. The investigation into the Kaufman County proposal and related entities sent a clear message: attempts to subvert our Constitution under the guise of religion will be rooted out and stopped. Law-and-order conservatives should applaud enforcement rather than endless hand-wringing.
Meanwhile, the 2026 attorney general fight exposed how seriously the Left and career insiders have minimized this threat, while even some on our side were slow to grasp the stakes. State Senator Mayes Middleton’s now-infamous Senate Bill 854 became a lightning rod in that debate, with opponents charging it would strip local control and hand a roadmap to religious developers seeking enclave-style projects. That allegation energized grassroots conservatives and turned a complicated zoning policy discussion into a fight about who will defend Texas’ neighborhoods.
Don’t accept the narrative that defenders of religious liberty were trying to legalize Sharia cities wholesale — responsible conservatives understand the difference between protecting churches’ rights and enabling lawless theocracies. Middleton’s supporters and policy analysts have argued SB 854 was aimed at preserving religious freedom for recognized institutions, not creating for-profit theocracies, and the bill never cleared the full legislature. The lesson is simple: pass sound laws and enforce them aggressively so bad actors have no room to mislead honest communities.
Across the state, conservative officials have rightly framed “Islamism” — the political ideology that seeks to replace Western law with religious rule — as a threat to the American system, and they’re using every legal tool to stop it before it takes root. Voters have watched this debate play out in candidate rhetoric and in targeted investigations, and they are increasingly demanding prosecutors and governors who will defend our constitutional order. We should be clear-eyed: religious freedom is sacred, but it must never be a cover for parallel legal systems or discriminatory investment schemes.
If Mayes Middleton becomes the chief legal officer of Texas, conservatives expect him to stand with Abbott and Paxton in protecting families, property, and the rule of law — not to be swayed by coastal elites or soft-on-threat technocrats. This moment calls for bold, unapologetic leadership that will safeguard our neighborhoods, enforce existing bans on Sharia-style compounds, and ensure every Texan is treated equally under one American law. Hardworking patriots want results, not lectures, and it’s time to elect prosecutors who will deliver.
