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
- 2009 Report
- 2011 Report
The Bible and Public Schools
How the Religious Right Hijacked the National Day of Prayer (2005 Report)
The Texas Restoration Project
David Barton Watch

Majority of Americans Support Abortion Access Two Years After Dobbs

June 24, 2024

Two years after Dobbs, we have now lived 730 days without the constitutional right to abortion. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through their ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, creating a treacherous patchwork of state and local laws criminalizing abortion. In the years following the decision, vague […]

A Disturbing Vision of the Religious Right on Display at the Texas GOP Convention

June 12, 2024

The Texas GOP held its biennial convention in San Antonio at the end of May, leaving Texans with a chilling demonstration of the growing embrace of Christian nationalism and voter suppression tactics within the Republican Party of Texas. As reported by The Texas Tribune, the convention was consumed by delegates’ efforts to further infuse their […]