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Recent Blogs
Join Us in Houston for "Confronting Poverty From the Heart of Faith"
TFN is proud to be a sponsor of — and participant in — the upcoming Faith and Reason conference in Houston next month, Sept. 18-20. Houston is lucky to host such a unique event, bringing together some amazing national speakers and local experts to tackle one of our most pressing issues: “Confronting Poverty from the […]
The Week in Quotes (Aug. 3 – 9)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
David Barton: Gay Folks and Abortion Rights Supporters Can't Be Christians
David Barton doesn’t pretend to be just a historian. He also appears to see himself as qualified to judge who is a real Christian and who isn’t. See here, for example. Our friends at Right Wing Watch heard him do it again Wednesday on his WallBuilders Live! radio program. Lamenting the fact that polls show many young Christians don’t think homosexuality […]
You're Living in the Past, Man
We need to take a moment to unpack one of the religious right’s favorite talking points about marriage equality, or, more specifically, the same-sex marriage ban currently in the Texas Constitution that has been challenged in federal court. The ban was approved by voters in 2005, which was — if our math is correct — […]
