This is a pretty cool opportunity for TFN Insider fans to chip in and help the cause. Between 7 a.m. and midnight today (Thursday, September 13), every donation of $25 and above you make to the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund will be multiplied. Here’s how it works. The TFN Education Fund is participating in […]
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War on Women’s Health Care in Texas Is Already Limiting Access
The religious right’s war on contraception and reproductive health care for women — defended and promoted by a host of elected Texas officials like Gov. Rick Perry and state Rep. Wayne Christian — is already limiting women’s access to health services. The website RH Reality Check has been examining the consequences of a new state […]
El Paso Church Goes Political
Churches and religious organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. The above is from the Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Guide for Churches and Religious Organizations. Pretty straight-forward. So how does that jibe with […]
Play Dramatizes the Sacrifices Behind Passage of the Texas Hate Crimes Law
A play about the long and ultimately successful efforts to pass a hate crimes bill in Texas is premiering this weekend in Austin. The play, Just Outside Redemption by Dennis Bailey, was inspired by the work of Dianne Hardy-Garcia, the executive director of the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas (now Equality Texas) in the 1990s […]
Exclusive ‘Revisionaries’ Clip and Premiere Details
The culture wars at the Texas State Board of Education have been so intense that they made a movie about them. Sadly, this isn’t fiction. We’ve told you before about “The Revisionaries,” the feature documentary from Texas director Scott Thurman, but we’re happy to bring you news that TFN will be premiering the film in […]
