Does Texas State Board of Education member Ken Mercer, a San Antonio Republican, think one of his fellow Republicans on the board “has no integrity”? Does he think his fellow Republican has “disdain for the law,” is ineligible to serve on the board, and is using his position to enrich his business clients? If he […]
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TV Premiere of 'The Revisionaries' on PBS Next Monday
Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar are coming to your home. Relax. We don’t mean literally. No, we mean they’ll be there along with TFN in “The Revisionaries.” The critically-acclaimed and award-winning documentary that premiered in theaters last year is making its TV premiere Jan. 28, one week from today. And you also have a chance […]
What Students in Some Texas Public School Bible Classes Learn about Jews
What are Texas students learning about Judaism in their public school Bible courses? Often these courses present Judaism as flawed and incomplete — incomplete without Jesus. Even worse, perhaps, are those courses that portray — intentionally or not — Jews as responsible for the death of Jesus. Such portrayals were long used to justify the […]
Austin Film Screening Explores the Intersection of Faith and LGBT Rights
We thought TFN Insider readers in the Austin area might be interested to know that the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Texas will screen a Sundance award-winning film that explores the intersection of faith and LGBT rights and lives next month in Austin. The film, “Love Free or Die,” is about Bishop Gene Robinson, the […]
The Week in Quotes (Jan. 13 – 19)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
