Christine O’Donnell might be running for a U.S. Senate seat from Delaware, but she would probably feel at home sitting on the Texas State Board of Education. We told you last month that the Republican Senate nominee believes evolution is a “myth.” Now she’s denying — like a number of State Board of Education members […]
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Dave Welch Calls Judge a ‘Domestic Enemy’
Dave Welch, the extremist who runs an outfit called the Houston Area Pastor Council, is now claiming that a federal judge who recently ruled against the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy against gay military servicemembers is a “domestic enemy” guilty of treason. From his screed at the right-wing, conspiracy-peddling website World Net Daily: “U.S. […]
An Appeal for Hope
The research compiled by the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University in San Marcos is heartbreaking: since 2004, at least six Texas teens have been so tormented by bullying and abuse at school that they have taken their own lives. Another attempted suicide by jumping from a two-and-a-half-story balcony. Some of the students […]
David Barton Puts Churches at Risk
David Barton, head of the Texas-based organization WallBuilders, argues that the Constitution doesn’t protect separation of church and state. That constitutional principle is just a myth, Barton says. And now he’s suggesting that pastors can promote partisan candidates in their churches. Quoted by OneNewNow, a website (“Your Latest News from a Christian perspective”) operated by […]
AU’s Barry Lynn Comes to Austin
The Texas Freedom Network is joining with our friends from the Austin chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State to co-sponsor a speech on Monday (October 18) by AU’s national executive director, Rev. Barry Lynn. Rev. Lynn’s speech, “Church and State Under Obama… and Beyond,” begins at 7 p.m. at First Unitarian […]
