Texas SBOE Refuses to Tighten Process for Ensuring Accuracy in Textbooks

Texas SBOE Refuses to Tighten Process for Ensuring Accuracy in Textbooks Board Votes 8-7 to Reject Establishing Scholar Panels for Reviewing Proposed Textbooks for Factual Errors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2015 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller had the following statement today following a vote by the State Board of Education against a proposal […]

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DEFEAT OF HOUSTON EQUALITY ORDINANCE DAMAGES TEXAS

DEFEAT OF HOUSTON EQUALITY ORDINANCE DAMAGES TEXAS Governor, Lt. Governor Shamefully Pandered to Intolerance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2015 The deceitful, fear-based campaign used to defeat the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance at the polls on Tuesday will seriously damage the reputation of the City of Houston and the State of Texas, Texas Freedom Network […]

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TFN STUDENT ACTIVISTS JOIN OCT. 29 VOTER TURNOUT EVENT

TFN STUDENT ACTIVISTS JOIN OCT. 29 VOTER TURNOUT EVENT UH-Downtown Event Seeks to Boost Turnout Among Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2015 Members of the Texas Freedom Network chapter at the University of Houston-Downtown will join student government and other groups at the school on Oct. 29 in a joint effort to get young […]

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Joint Press Release from the Texas Freedom Network and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas

Joint Press Release from the Texas Freedom Network and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS WARN AGAINST ‘RELIGIOUS REFUSAL’ LAWS  TFN, ACLU of Texas Announce Effort to Track Instances of Religious Refusals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2015 Two leading civil and religious liberties organizations in Texas are warning against efforts […]

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TFN PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO NEWS ABOUT NEW TEXAS TEXTBOOK CONTROVERSY OVER SLAVERY, MIGRATION

TFN PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO NEWS ABOUT NEW TEXAS TEXTBOOK CONTROVERSY OVER SLAVERY, MIGRATION Deeply Flawed and Politicized Textbook Adoption Process Makes This Controversy Unsurprising, Miller Says FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2015 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller responded today to reports about how a new high school geography textbook mischaracterizes the slave trade as […]

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