Goodbye, Molly White. The Republican Texas House member from Belton lost her re-election bid when she was defeated in her party primary Tuesday by Hugh Shine. (White has asked for a recount.) Some Texas politicians haven’t exactly been friendly to Muslims. For instance, every single session, we have to fight a “Sharia law” bill or […]
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Mary Lou ‘Obama Was a Gay Prostitute’ Bruner — One Step Closer to a Seat on the Texas State Board of Education
Mary Lou Bruner thinks President Obama was a gay prostitute, climate change is a Marxist hoax and evolution is propaganda for atheism. And now Bruner is one step closer to sitting on the board that decides what more than 5 million kids learn in Texas public schools (and strongly influences what textbooks are used in […]
Activists Call on Supreme Court to Stop Politicians from Restricting Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
AUSTIN – Recounting the state’s central place in a decades-long battle, reproductive health care advocates in Texas today called upon the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a draconian law that undermines the court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 establishing the right to abortion. […]
Jeffress Says Pope Owes Apology to ‘Martyr’ Donald Trump
Pope Francis on Thursday appeared to question Donald Trump’s faith, prompting Trump to angrily fire back: “No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith.” […]
Texas Anti-Abortion Politicians Attack Researchers Who Report Inconvenient Facts
UPDATE: It appears Sen. Nelson and other anti-abortion Republicans got their pound of flesh. One of the state researchers who was a co-author on the report noted below is stepping down from his job. Here’s the chilling lesson for state workers: politicians don’t want to hear the facts about how their policies are hurting women and families. And […]
