Terry Jones must have noticed the fame clock was about to strike 15 minutes. The Florida pastor at Dove World Outreach Church who last year gained international fame when he vowed to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is at it again. […]
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The H-Word
Elizabeth Swanson would like you to stop using the H-word. Put it in that storage locker next to the N-word, lock it up, throw away the key. […]
Sen. Deuell: Lowe Unlikely to Be Confirmed
It is looking like the tenure of Gail Lowe, R-Lampasas, as chairwoman of the Texas State Board of Education is in deep trouble. Earlier today, state Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, the chair of the Senate Nominations Committee, told the Texas Tribune that while Lowe could survive a hearing in the nominations committee, she is not […]
Bill Analysis: Ten Commandments in Schools
Because of the evolving body of case law and complicated constitutional issues surrounding the posting of the Ten Commandments in public spaces, TFN Insider asked one of the nation’s top First Amendment scholars, Steven Green, to take a look at state Rep. Dan Flynn’s problematic legislation promoting the Ten Commandments in Texas schools. Here is […]
‘Drug-based Sex Education’?
On Tuesday we saw this absurd headline on the blog of one of the most extreme right-wing groups in Texas: “Planned Parenthood & Texas Freedom Network Team Up to Push Drug-Based Sex Education” “Drug-Based Sex Education”? Good grief. The headline referred to TFN helping high school and college students from around Texas advocate that day […]
