Petition Calls on Gov. Perry to Add Sex Education to Call for Special Session Comprehensive Sex Ed Offers Best Approach for Reducing Abortions in Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2013 More than 5,000 Texans have added their names to a petition calling on Gov. Rick Perry to add passing effective sex education policies to […]
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David Barton Rewrites His Own History, Dan Patrick Doesn’t Seem to Notice
Following is even more proof that self-styled “historian” David Barton is little more than a propaganda artist: now he’s rewriting his own history. Yet Barton’s distorted versions of history are still getting traction on the political right, as Republican state Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston demonstrated last week. Let’s start with Barton. The president of […]
Despicable
Religious-righters have hurled insults at state Sen. Wendy Davis and other supporters of women’s access to reproductive health care in Texas for weeks now. While Sen. Davis filibustered legislation that would effectively bar women’s access to abortion across much of Texas, for example, Cathie Adams of Texas Eagle Forum repeatedly referred to her as “whining […]
The Week in Quotes (June 30 – July 6)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Mike Huckabee, Religious-Right Groups to Rally at the Texas Capitol on Monday
Fox News commentator and former Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee will join state and national religious-right groups at an anti-abortion rally set for this Monday evening (July 8) at the Texas Capitol in Austin. The far-right Texas Pastor Council earlier today told its supporters by email that the “prayer rally” with Huckabee […]
