We’re crossposting this piece from our colleagues at the National Partnership for Women & Families. The TFN Education Fund, including our Texas Rising program for young adult activists and leaders, is working with the Partnership to call out politicians who tell lie after lie to pass anti-abortion and other bad laws. […]
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TFN Statement: Court Decision Means Anti-Equality Politicians Are Renewing Culture War over Marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to review an important marriage case means Texas politicians will renew their culture war battle over equality. We just sent out the following press statement: […]
It’s Past Time for MAS in Texas
As expected following Wednesday’s preliminary vote, the Texas State Board of Education today chose not to adopt a proposed Mexican American studies (MAS) textbook that the author and publisher had rushed forward to meet a deadline scholars had warned was too tight. Now, after failing to get more than a single textbook submission for adoption in each of […]
TFN Statement on SBOE Rejection of Mexican American Studies Textbook
The State Board of Education has failed once again to provide Texas public schools with the resources they need to create courses in Mexican American studies. We just sent out the following press release: […]
Texas Clergy Sign on to Supreme Court Brief Supporting Equality in Key LGBT Discrimination Case
Clergy who are part of Texas Believes, a project of the Texas Freedom Network and Equality Texas, are among nearly 1,300 faith leaders from across the country who have signed on to a brief calling on the U.S. Supreme Court not to turn religious freedom into a license to discriminate. Read the press release. […]
