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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge by Republican-governed Texas to a law enacted by Democratic-led California that bars state-funded travel to states deemed to be hostile to the rights of LGBT people. The 2016 measure was enacted in the most populous U.S. state in response to laws in conservative states that allowed certain businesses to refuse service to LGBT customers. Those laws cited the need to protect religious liberty. Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, said they would have heard the case. Texas su…