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Lauri Lebo

Lauri Lebo is the author of The Devil in Dover: Dogma v. Darwin in Small-Town America, a book about the 2005 First Amendment trial of Kitzmiller v. Dover in which intelligent design was ruled A religious belief that the universe and life are the product of acts of divine creation rather than via natural processes. Learn more .

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Texas Approves Anti-Muslim Resolution for Textbooks

Board members’ claims of pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias don’t hold water.
Lauri Lebo
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Texas Board of Education Sets Sights on Islam

Proposed Resolution Warns Against Islam in Textbooks
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Death in the Desert: Riding With the Samaritans

This year is one of the deadliest on record in the Sonoran desert, as 214 people have perished trying to make the journey across the border. I rode with Brother David Buer, a Franciscan friar, and a volunteer named David Millsap, as we traversed the desert, loaded down with water, Gatorade, crackers, socks, and medical supplies…
Lauri Lebo
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