Since the religious right took control of the Texas Republican Party back in the early 1990s, writing the state GOP’s platform has been an exercise in promoting extremism every two years. This year wasn’t any different. A Texas Freedom Network analysis shows how the 2012 Texas Republican Party turns back the clock by seeking to […]
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GOP Nominee for TX State Board of Education Seat Another Culture Warrior?
Laurie Turner, Republican nominee for the District 2 seat on the State Board of Education, is sounding like yet another culture warrior who wants control over what millions of Texas kids learn in their public schools. In an opinion piece published Monday on the conservative website Texas Insider, Turner urges readers: “(R)emember there can only […]
Taking the SBOE Campaign to the Democratic Convention
If you’re planning to be at the state Democratic Party Convention in Houston this weekend, be sure to visit the Texas Freedom Network booth in the exhibit hall. And don’t miss the highlight of the convention — the Texas Freedom Network’s workshops*. That’s right, the Texas Freedom Network will have two convention workshops this year. […]
How Extreme Will the Texas GOP Platform Be This Year?
Both the Democratic and Republican parties of Texas will meet in convention this week. Ever since the religious right’s takeover of the Texas Republican Party in the 1990s, the state GOP platform has been almost a manifesto for extremism. The 2010 platform, for example, calls separation of church and state a “myth”; insists on abstinence-only […]
Two Right-Wing Texas Legislators Went Down to Defeat This Week
Tuesday’s Republican Primary elections in Texas brought the defeat of one prominent member of the far-right faction on the State Board of Education — Gail Lowe, R-Lampasas. But two other Texas politicians prominent on the far right also appear to have been too extreme even for GOP voters. One was state Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, […]
