The Texas Legislature has now fully approved Senate Bill 10, the Ten Commandments Bill, a controversial measure that would require all public school classrooms in the state to display a government-prescribed version of the Ten Commandments. […]
Religious Right Watch
The religious right strategically uses religion and religious language, combined with patriotic symbols, to push a political agenda that has little connection to the values of mainstream people of faith. It is, in short, a political rather than religious movement. The Texas Freedom Network has monitored the religious right in Texas since 1995.
Resources
- The Rise of the Religious Right in Texas (2006 Report)
- The Religious Right and the State Board of Education (2008 Report)
- The Religious Right and Sex Education
- The Bible and Public Schools
- How the Religious Right Hijacked the National Day of Prayer (2005 Report)
- The Texas Restoration Project
- David Barton Watch
Texas Legislature Greenlights Mandatory School Prayer Time, Escalating Attack on Texans’ Religious Freedom
The Texas Legislature has passed Senate Bill 11, a bill establishing mandated prayer and Bible reading during a daily period in Texas public schools. […]
Texas House Committee Poised to Advance School Prayer Bill, Threatening Religious Freedom of Texas Families
The Texas House State Affairs Committee today heard SB 11, the school prayer bill, which mandates daily prayer in Texas public schools. […]
The Texas Legislature Shalt Not Risk our Religious Freedom
You’re not in a timewarp, folks. It’s happening again. Lawmakers have filed multiple bills this session to force the Ten Commandments into all public school classrooms. On Tuesday April 29, the House Public Education Committee will consider the most likely of these to become law, SB 10. While we applaud the authors for cute bill […]
The March Lege Lowdown
In the March Lege Lowdown, we’ll cover key bills in pub ed, religious freedom, LGBTQIA+ equality, reproductive rights, and voting rights. […]
