This National Day of Prayer, we’re holding the beauty of Tuesday’s Sing-In in our hearts and using it as our fuel for the fights ahead. Together, we lifted our voices in song to proudly proclaim that our faith does not discriminate and God loves trans people! The Sing-In was held in protest of Senate Bill 14, which seeks to ban lifesaving transgender healthcare for youth. […]
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 Freedom Network’s Just Texas Project, Equality Coalition, and Clergy Host ‘Sing-In’ at Texas Capitol Condemning Legislative Efforts to Ban Transgender Healthcare
Texans of faith and non-faith from across the state today hosted a Sing-In at the Texas Capitol to proclaim support for the transgender community as legislation banning transgender healthcare for minors — SB 14 — is heard on the Texas House Floor. […]
Texas Freedom Network Denounces State Legislature’s Latest Attack on Transgender Healthcare
The Texas House will today hold its first floor hearing for Senate Bill 14. If passed, the legislation would ban healthcare for transgender youth in Texas, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy. […]
Students Need Trained Counselors, Not Chaplains
By Elizabeth Ledford (she/her), MS, LPC. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas, I’m speaking out against HB 3614, which would let schools replace counselors with chaplains. […]
Proposed Legislation Would Blur Line of Separation of Church and State in Texas Schools
The Texas State House Committee on Public Education today voted House Bill 3614 out during a formal meeting. The bill would allow school districts to hire chaplains instead of professional school counselors to perform school counseling duties. […]
