They forgot to ban witchcraft, though, as WA state GOPers did in 1988 at Pat Robertson's behest

They are at it again:

DALLAS -- Texas Republicans premiered their new comedy sequel Saturday, unreeling a party platform that puts gas drilling into neighborhoods and strip club dancers out.

In the minds of the high holy state Republican platform committee, there must be no greater threat to neighborhoods than the adult cabaret.

So the committee presented a platform that calls for completely doing away with strip clubs -- yet would allow unrestricted gas drilling.

Other targets in the biennial rewrite of the party's official position were predictable: illegal immigrants, "homosexual behavior" and the Republican National Committee.

Hey, wait a minute.

Yep. The plank calls for cutting off money to the RNC and any group or candidate that does not support the Texas platform.

In other words, Texas Republicans want their money to secede.

They're also working on the entire state, moving sovereignty ahead of abortion restrictions as a top priority list and calling for Texans to build a state constitutional militia.

Did I mention that the platform committee also wants Texas to pass a law like Arizona's, making immigration violations a trespassing crime?

Committee member Art Martinez de Vara, mayor of the San Antonio suburb Von Ormy, led the dissent against bringing those federal civil cases to state criminal courts.

"Building more jails and hiring more guards is the most expensive way to address immigration," Martinez said. "But the platform committee is made up of all these hard-liners and legislators who promote their own agenda."

State Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, leader of the Texas Conservative Coalition, led the 31-member platform committee, which included Kyleen Wright of Mansfield.

The immigration proposal isn't listed in the official platform. It's way down a tacked-on list of 46 "legislative priorities."

"That was never debated in the committee," Martinez said. "That was just given to us in a batch at the last minute."

The energy plank opposes "regulations that restrict construction of refineries, power grids and location of oil and gas drilling."

The platform also caters to "birthers" by requiring a birth certificate for presidential candidates. Another plank opposes all new federal highways across Texas.

Delegate Sara Legvold of Keller praised the committee for including a plank opposing recognition of Islamic courts.