Not that I agree or disagree with this specific situation, but I hate when people say 'In texas.." or "down south.." I could not care less how they do it down south. It is the most hipocritical group in our nation.
the south is a region of our county that preaches support of the military yet does not honor memorial or veterans day. That preachers church yet will backstab you in a second- contrary to popular belief, 5 times faster then up here.
It is easy to preach being "tough" instead of looking at facts on a case by case basis and setting sound policies. Ignorance is bliss...