The Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees tonight approved a policy allowing chaplains to be employed or accepted as volunteers to act as “mental health personnel and support” in the district’s public schools. […]
Religious Freedom
New Texas Laws Taking Effect Sept. 1, 2023, and What They Mean for You
Learn how the new Texas laws taking effect Sept. 1, 2023, will affect you, your friends, and your family. […]
Texas Legislature’s Passage of Chaplain Bill Violates Religious Freedom of Students and Families, Texas Freedom Network Denounces
The Texas Legislature today passed SB 763, which would allow school districts to employ chaplains and appoint them to volunteer positions. Chaplains would be compensated using funds earmarked for school safety. […]
Texas Freedom Network Celebrates Failure of Bill Requiring Display of the Ten Commandments in Public Schools
The Texas State House last night passed the midnight deadline to vote on Senate Bills, marking the death of a bill that would require the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools across the state. […]
TFN President Warns Against New Wave of Discriminatory Religious Exemptions Bills
Republican lawmakers in the Texas Capitol are once again pushing bills that seek to turn religious freedom into a license to discriminate. These bills are intended to slow or stop altogether progress toward equality for LGBTQ Texans. Check out our press release today. […]
