David Barton claims Christians are under attack in America, but he doesn’t seem to have a problem with fellow extremists who promote religious bigotry. A Twitter post from Barton pointed us today to a Washington Times column from Matt Barber of the right-wing, virulently anti-gay group Liberty Counsel. Liberty Counsel is based in Florida but […]
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Louisiana Loves Vouchers, But Not the Mooslims
It’s safe to say that some of our lawmaker neighbors in Louisiana have been experiencing some buyer’s remorse since approving a school voucher scheme designed to funnel millions of dollars away from public schools to private and parochial schools earlier this month. The buyer’s remorse is not because of finances. You can read about the […]
The Right’s Falsehoods and Distortions in the War on Birth Control
In the religious right’s war on science and modern medicine, truth apparently is merely an inconvenience that can be cast away with no regard. An email today from FRC Action (a group affiliated with the right-wing Family Research Council) repeats the falsehood that emergency contraception drugs cause abortions. The email urges activists to insist that […]
Equality Project Training Opportunity Focuses on LGBT Issues
The Texas Freedom Network Education Fund is proud to co-sponsor with Equality Texas Foundation a special Equality Project Training opportunity for Central Texas activists on June 16 in La Grange. Equality Project is a public education and civic engagement program on policy issues related to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) citizens […]
Texas SBOE Says ‘No’ to Dolores Huerta, POTUS Says ‘Heck Yeah’
Thought we’d share a photo from our Facebook page. Once shunned by the Texas State Board of Education, Dolores Huerta last month became a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. […]