TFN Insider is pleased to present this guest post from James Lee, president of the TFN Student Chapter at the University of Houston and a member of our Student Leadership Council. This is cross-posted from the blog at Amplify, a project of Advocates for Youth. Advocates for Youth’s Cultural Advocacy and Mobilization Initiative supports our […]
Recent Blogs
Texas Religious-Right Group Hypes Manufactured Outrage (OUTRAGE!) over Jesus-Stomping 'Controversy'
Liberty Institute/Texas Values, the religious-right litigation group based in Plano, is addicted to outrage (OUTRAGE!). The group seems to thrive on manufacturing and feeding it with strained distortions, whether the issue is gay adoption (vanishing moms and dads!), sex education (anal sex!), anti-bullying bills (special rights for homosexuals!) or the mythical “war on Christmas.” Now […]
Sen. Cruz Couldn’t Just Say ‘No’?
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had an interesting answer to a question from Dallas Morning News writer Todd Gillman last week: Q. Is [former Sen. Joseph] McCarthy someone you admire? A. I’m not going to engage in the back and forth and the attacks. Several Democrats have demonstrated a willingness to attack me by name. I’m […]
Emails from the Right
One of the things we do at the Texas Freedom Network is monitor what far-right groups are telling the activists on their email lists. We wanted to share a sampling of some of the subject lines we’ve seen on recent emails: ‘Marriage Equality’ Spells ‘Marriage Extinction’ (Matt Barber, Liberty Counsel Action) Anti-Jesus Lawyer: Punish Chaplains […]
The Week in Quotes (March 17 – 23)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
