The looming education battle in Texas over evolution and creationism moved closer today, with supporters of sound science on the offensive. The Texas Education Agency today posted proposed new science curriculum standards for grades K-12, crafted by teacher work groups, for public schools. As the Texas Freedom Network reports in a press release, the proposed standards […]
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Saying No to Partisan Politics in the Pulpit
A Roman Catholic bishop is telling a prominent far-right group to look elsewhere for congregations willing to break the law by promoting partisan politics from the pulpit during this year’s general election campaign. Talk to Action has more here. The Texas Freedom Network has been a leading voice in exposing far-right efforts to drag our […]
Too Much Time on Their Hands
The Liberty Legal Institute — the legal arm of the far-right Free Market Foundation, which itself is the Texas affiliate of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family — spends hundreds of thousands of dollars each year using the courts to promote the religious right’s public policy agenda. (You can read more about Liberty Legal and the […]
Let’s Talk about Sex (Education)
It is past time that Texas stopped promoting ignorance when it comes to protecting the health of young people. Today the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund is launching a new grassroots campaign to empower young Texans in advocating for responsible sex education. This new campaign will be a direct counter to the abstinence-only movement, which […]
Smears, Lies and Sex
Yesterday John McCain’s presidential campaign released a new ad attacking opponent Barack Obama for supposedly wanting to teach kindergarteners about sex. The ad focuses on state legislation proposed when Obama was a member of the Illinois Senate. But as the Associated Press explains: [T]he legislation was not Obama’s, it never became law and it would have […]
