Texas - As Texas Tribune reports, after a heated debate, the measure passed on a 19–12 initial vote with one Democrat, Sen. Eddie Lucio, voting for it — and one Republican, Sen. Kel Seliger, voting against. It requires one more vote in the Senate before it can be sent to the Texas House for debate.
The refugees in Germany can be atheists, apart from the image of Muslims and other non-Christian religions coming into the country. These are atheist asylum seekers fleeing persecution; sometimes, simply for their lack of belief in the dominant mythology of the culture in which they were born.