“Consenting adults should be able to do what they wish in their private sexual activity, and government has no business in their bedrooms,” Cruz’s spokesman told The Dallas Morning News…

The junior senator is not considered an ally of the LGBT community. In fact, last week he said the Supreme Court was “clearly wrongly” to legalize same-sex marriage. But Cruz’s stance shows that, even among some in the far right, criminalizing consensual gay sex goes too far.

LGBT activists say his support is little more than lip service when considering the mountain of attacks lesbian, gay, bisexual and, especially, transgender Texans are currently weathering.

“While we welcome bipartisan support to repeal an antiquated and harmful law, we must ensure that the same government overreach is not replicated with trans health care today,” said Ricardo Martinez, CEO of the LGBT rights group Equality Texas.