Texas State Board of Education elections rarely get much attention. But with the adoption of new science standards and textbooks next year, races involving some members of the far-right faction on the SBOE this year have garnered more interest than usual. In recent days, a number of articles and op-eds have been published across Texas […]
Education
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 […]
Sex Education in America
News that Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s unmarried, 17-year-old daughter is pregnant has once again focused attention on the debate over sex education in the United States. The religious right’s attacks against responsible sex education have been accompanied — with strong support from the Bush administration — by increased funding for […]
Texas AG: School Districts Not Required to Offer Bible Classes
The Texas Freedom Network has released the following statement following today’s opinion from Attorney General Greg Abbott that House Bill 1287 does not require public school districts to offer elective courses about the Bible. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said today that the state’s public school districts are not required to offer courses about the […]
Texas Freedom Network Statement on AG Ruling on Public School Bible Classes
Texas Freedom Network Statement on AG Ruling on Public School Bible Classes TFN President Says AG’s Opinion Correctly Interprets Legislative Intent and Helps Save Local School Districts from Legal Minefield FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2008 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said today that the state’s public school districts are not required to offer courses […]