SBOE Attempts End Run Around Legislature Attempt to Override Legislative Limits on Textbook Censorship Threaten Texas Schoolchildren’s Education January 31, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN Attempts to override clear legislative restrictions on textbook censorship are a threat to the education of Texas schoolchildren, a spokesman for the Texas Freedom Network said today. “State Board of […]
Recent Press Releases
Is Odessa the Next Dover?
Is Odessa the Next Dover? West Texas school board adopts controversial Bible curriculum denounced by legal and Biblical scholars FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2005 AUSTIN On the same day a federal judge ruled that the attempt by the Dover school board to inject their own religious faith into public school classrooms was unconstitutional, an […]
TFN Calls for Investigation of Group Backing Marriage Amendment
TFN Calls for Investigation of Group Backing Marriage Amendment Files Ethics Complaint Regarding Group’s Activities, Funding October 12, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN The Texas Freedom Network today called for the Texas Ethics Commission to investigate whether a group supporting a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions is complying with state election […]
Texas Lawmakers Ponder the ‘Culture War’ at Sept. 30 Event
Texas Lawmakers Ponder the ‘Culture War’ at Sept. 30 Event Conference Explores the Role of ‘Moral Values’ in Contemporary Political Debate September 28, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN A bipartisan panel of current and former lawmakers will reflect on the nation’s raging “culture war” at an Austin conference this week sponsored by the Texas Faith […]
Time for Governor to Come Clean
Time for Governor to Come Clean Gov. Perry Should Reveal Who Is Paying for Pastors to Hear His Campaign Pitches August 24, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN The president of the Texas Freedom Network today called on Gov. Rick Perry to reveal who is paying to recruit hundreds of Texas pastors to hear him and […]
