Texas Attorney General Cannot Certify Bible Courses Will Be Constitutional Vague Standards Proposed by State Board of Education Will Put Religious Freedom, Local Taxpayers at Risk, TFN President Says FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2008 Today the Texas attorney general made clear that he cannot certify that public school courses about the Bible offered under […]
Education
Sec. Spellings, Meet the Facts
A Republican Congress instituted the first federally funded private school voucher program, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, in the District of Columbia in 2004. The program was a political victory for far-right groups and individuals such as voucher sugardaddy James Leininger of Texas. But it looked likely to fade out of existence due to the efforts […]
What Happened to ‘Thou Shalt Not Lie’?
The Free Market Foundation, the Plano-based Texas affiliate of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, has a new pitch for donations — and don’t expect much in the way of truth. Near the top of the list of whoppers in Free Market’s letter is a claim of victory in a lawsuit over a Bible class offered by […]
SBOE Must Comply with the Law on Bible Class Standards
SBOE Must Comply with the Law on Bible Class Standards Lawmakers Passed Curriculum Requirement to Protect Districts, Taxpayers and Religious Freedom of Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2008 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller today called on the State Board of Education to comply with legislation passed last year that requires specific content curriculum […]
Odessa Lawsuit Agreement Confirms TFN Warnings about Deeply Flawed Bible Course
Odessa Lawsuit Agreement Confirms TFN Warnings about Deeply Flawed Bible Course Schools Using Flawed Curriculum Put Taxpayers at Risk FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2008 Today’s agreement to remove a widely marketed Bible curriculum from Odessa public schools confirms that the curriculum is deeply flawed and threatens the religious freedom of students, the president of […]
