Donald Trump drew fire yesterday, and is still drawing fire today, for his comments on abortion. During a town hall event on MSNBC, Trump told the network’s Chris Matthews that there “has to be some form of punishment” for women who obtain an abortion should the procedure ever become illegal. Trump has since tried to […]
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 Religious-Right Group’s Ridiculous Rant: Mickey Mouse Is Coming for Your Crosses
This is just plain Goofy. After Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s veto on Monday of a bill that would have encouraged individuals and businesses to use religion as cover to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, a Dopey religious-right group in Texas is warning that Disney could soon ban Christian crosses from its theme parks. Here’s an excerpt from the […]
Texas Policy Adviser for Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity: Islam Is a Pile of Excrement
Following the terrorist attack by Islamist extremists targeting Christians in Lahore, Pakistan, on Easter Sunday, we’re seeing the usual attempts to make sweeping judgments of all Muslims. For example, Peggy Venable — Texas policy director and senior states policy advisor for Americans for Prosperity, a right-wing public policy group founded and funded by billionaire brothers David and Charles […]
Texas Legislator Compares Late Supreme Court Justice Scalia to Jesus Christ
State Rep. Matt Shaheen, R-Plano, is one of the most strident culture warriors (and prolific tweeters) in the Texas Legislature. He also appears to be a really big fan of Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice. Check out his tweet today: […]
Bruner Explains ‘President Obama Was a Gay Prostitute’ Remarks
Dallas-area radio station KERA has landed a new interview with controversial Texas State Board of Education candidate Mary Lou Bruner, in which she explains her accusation that President Obama paid for a drug habit by working as a gay prostitute. Here comes the “logic”: In one Facebook post, she said Obama once prostituted himself. It’s […]
