Controversial Texas State Board of Education candidate Mary Lou Bruner is upset at the media. But not just any media. While it’s not unusual for politicians and activists to blame the so-called “left-wing liberal media” for just about everything, Bruner is, surprisingly, upset at the uber-conservative news website Breitbart. The tiff between Bruner and Breitbart […]
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New Texas AG’s Office Appointee Rejects Church-State Separation
“I’ll hold up my hundred-dollar bill and say, ‘for the first student who can cite me the provision in the Constitution that guarantees the separation of church and state verbatim, I’ll give this hundred dollar bill. … It’s not there. … The protections of the First Amendment protect us from government, not to cause government to […]
Using Religion as a Weapon: The Truth Behind the Right’s Cynical Pro-Discrimination Campaign
It’s been clear to observers over the last year that opponents of LGBT equality have cynically shifted their rhetoric from attacking same-sex marriage to promoting “religious liberty” as an excuse to discriminate. Now the website Five Thirty Eight details this shift. […]
The Week in Quotes (Feb. 28 – March 5)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
The SBOE Is Taking Up Science Again This Year
Buckle up, science-lovers and other rational Texans. Science is coming back to the Texas State Board of Education this year. The SBOE has announced plans to “streamline” the state’s controversial science standards. And that means evolution will be back in the crosshairs. We’ll have much more information about this process soon, but for now, two […]
