NEW POLL SHOWS LONG LIST OF PROPOSED TEXAS BILLS PROMOTING ANTI-LGBT DISCRIMINATION CONTRADICTS WHAT VOTERS WANT Large Majority of Likely Voters in Texas Support Protecting Gay and Transgender Texans from Discrimination, Reject Using Religion to Discriminate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2015 A new poll shows that the more than 20 bills filed in the […]
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How the Religious Right Corrupts Christianity
As we’ve said before, the religious right isn’t really a religious movement. It’s a political movement that uses religion as a weapon to divide Americans and push an agenda. And that agenda often promotes a peculiar version of political Christianity. So we weren’t surprised this week to see a fundraising letter from a California-based group called The Center […]
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Summer Institute registration
Registration for the 2015 Texas Rising Summer Institute is now closed. Questions or comments can be emailed to [email protected]. The 2015 Texas Rising Summer Institute will take place in Austin from Thursday, July 30th – Sunday, August 2nd. As our movement grows, so does our need for strategic and high capacity leadership. The 2015 Texas Rising […]
Texas GOPer’s Rant Against ‘Homosexual Marriages’
We bet Steven Hotze, president of Conservative Republicans of Texas, nearly burst a blood vessel last week while writing his email rant attacking the freedom to marry for gay and lesbian couples. The long screed to his email list calls on readers to contact Texas legislators in support of HB 4105 by state Rep. Cecil Bell, R-Magnolia. (It […]
