Jeremy Reynalds, founder of an emergency homeless shelter in Albuquerque, calls on fellow evangelicals to practice the compassion they preach: I’m an evangelical Christian, although I’m hesitant to use that word because of the negativity it routinely engenders. I prefer to think of myself as an ordinary person who loves Jesus and wants to spend […]
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The Week in Quotes (March 18 – 24)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
From the Hate Mail Bag
A new Christian-themed specialty license plate, approved by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles board last December, went on sale this week. Here’s what we told Fox News about our concerns: “I think you want to be very careful when you give government the authority to favor a particular religion in an official way such […]
Anti-Evolution Politics Hurt Science Education
The conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute has posted a new essay following up on the organization’s January report giving low marks to science curriculum standards in most states, including Texas. Dr. Paul R. Gross, an emeritus professor of life sciences at the University of Virginia, writes for Fordham’s Education Gadfly e-newsletter that weak coverage of […]
TX SBOE District 15 Candidates Talk Sex Ed
Someone needs to educate Marty Rowley about sex education. Speaking on Tuesday at a candidate forum with Republican primary opponent Anette Carlisle, the Texas State Board of Education District 15 candidate explained why he supports an abstinence-only policy on sex education: “I believe if we pass out condoms at schools we’re saying, ‘Yeah, we’re teaching […]
