https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to texas en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/04/28/set-privilege-christianity-public-schools-texas-sends-message-about-who-welcome-and-who The Texas Legislature is set to enact three laws to redefine the rules concerning religion in public schools. One will allow students and teachers to engage in Bible reading during the school day; a second will require the posting of… Fri, 28 Apr 2023 04:48:03 EDT Steven K. Green f6261615-c190-40bc-bee4-34fcc7c2d732 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/05/will-texas-really-be-able-undermine-marriage-equality While most of us (including your faithful RD staffers) were prepping the grill for a long weekend celebrating this country’s problematic patriotism, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday issued an ominous anti-gay ruling that is positively stunning in its misreading… Wed, 05 Jul 2017 03:22:09 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 80d574a2-0dd5-406f-9118-83f4ae6fc708 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/23/texas-anti-lgbt-adoption-bill-unconstitutional-and-unnecessary-say-texas-law-professors Nine sitting law professors at major universities in Texas have drafted an open letter to lawmakers in their state who just approved a controversial “religious freedom” bill that would allow state-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against prospective parents who are… Tue, 23 May 2017 06:09:00 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 91edebf2-d860-473c-bf64-8875fe2d607d https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/15/heart-texas-aint-hateful-open-letter-lawmakers-texan-trans-queer-latinx Dear Texas Legislators, The Lone Star State still holds a ten-gallon spot in my heart, but I am afraid that the warm, welcoming place I loved, the place that proved so crucially formative to my sense of self, will be… Mon, 15 May 2017 04:05:18 EDT Robyn Henderson-Espinoza 85df9421-ba01-4af6-8346-3b598735125a https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/04/texas-pastor-christians-claiming-religious-persecution-are-actually-just-selfish It’s not every day that a Baptist pastor based in Texas urges his congregants to be kinder and gentler when thinking or arguing about religious liberty. But that’s exactly what Mark Wingfield, an associate pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church in… Thu, 04 May 2017 01:44:43 EDT Sunnivie Brydum db0c5eb4-b964-48de-a4d4-ef9e8c1abe83 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/04/14/humiliating-kim-davis-bill-protect-anti-lgbt-county-clerks-passes-texas-senate While everyone (including me) was busy blasting North Carolina for its latest (unconstitutional) effort to undo marriage equality, the Texas Senate quietly passed a bill that would allow county clerks to refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples if marriage equality… Fri, 14 Apr 2017 02:01:03 EDT Sunnivie Brydum daab5be6-f72d-4547-8c28-adb634ca5cae https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/17/6-overlooked-takeaways-reviewer-controversial-texas-textbooks In September 2014, I found myself standing before a mostly hostile Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) testifying about religious imbalance and inaccuracies in public school textbooks under consideration for adoption. To my great surprise, I also found myself quoted… Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:31:28 EST David R. Brockman 40b48255-b470-4c84-a41a-4620d58d960e https://religiondispatches.org/2013/07/15/abortion-debate-texas-style This Monday the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) of the Texas Legislature heard more than 13 hours of testimony regarding SB1 (Senate Bill 1), a bill designed to “regulat[e]… abortion procedures, providers, and facilities.” Mon, 15 Jul 2013 05:44:57 EDT Dhawn Martin 349b2d32-68a4-4291-b37a-c210777106e8 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/19/blankets-booties-and-jesus-spiritual-war-uterus-rick-perrys-texas Where Bush would sign something because anti-choice was his base, Perry actively instigates. A report from the frontlines of the kinder, gentler scorched-earth campaign against abortion and birth control in Texas. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:03:36 EDT Sarah Posner 468d217c-b50f-409a-90cf-2911becc90fa https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/12/doonesbury-cartoons-cause-controversy-wrong-reasons Ultrasound is not rape. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:39:15 EDT Sarah Posner 2a93f892-404b-47da-927c-5076218d2760 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/08/ken-starr-pulling-clinton-jewish-studies-professor-marc-ellis According to Professor Marc Ellis, a critic of Israel and the American Jewish establishment, Baylor University’s new president Ken Starr is seeking to replace him with “a right-wing, Israel-loving Jew that would cement [Starr’s] reputation with the right wing…” Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:51:21 EST Kiera Feldman 024b0a4f-cc8e-4820-8cf3-84120fd42119 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/10/vaginal-ultrasound-required-abortion-texas Ultrasound is now used to treat the malady of not being as opposed to abortion as some people wish you’d be. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:34:11 EST Sarah Morice-Brubaker 6ec03b3c-41b8-4768-a8af-adf6b97c8b2d https://religiondispatches.org/2011/08/08/rick-perrys-jesus-imperative-report-saturdays-mega-rally The people who gathered at Reliant Stadium are not just Rick Perry’s spiritual army, raised up, as Perry and others imagine it, in the spirit of Joel 2 to sound an alarm and prepare the people for Judgment Day. They are the ground troops the religious right set out four decades ago to create, and duplicate over generations, for the ongoing culture wars. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:12:42 EDT Sarah Posner 9f95f1ea-3cce-47ff-82a7-340a373b336d https://religiondispatches.org/2011/04/26/texas-board-education-review-intelligent-design-promoting-materials-science-classes Obscure company behind submission, which is filled with typos and spelling errors. Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:31:47 EDT Lauri Lebo 20dae346-465a-44c9-a4f3-b521310da346 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/11/record-number-stealth-creationism-bills-introduced-2011 Bills aim to portray refusal to teach creationism as “discrimination.” Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:36:26 EST Lauri Lebo fa0eedbd-a303-4561-86a7-a71fe5a72d69 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/10/dog-cat-incumbent-reelected-texas-board-education Up to new board to review educational materials for new curriculum. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:54:33 EST Lauri Lebo 39ef6c5e-8318-4fd8-abee-31db718d7435 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/28/texas-approves-anti-muslim-resolution-textbooks Board members’ claims of pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias don’t hold water. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:22:44 EDT Lauri Lebo c6cc9512-1169-4b11-becb-483c08dd16e8 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/17/atheizing-dead-religious-doughnuts-tax-free-witching The week in religion, poetically. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:10:10 EDT Michael J. Altman 06bd0947-8de4-447a-a225-6951f56a1fd6 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/17/texas-board-education-sets-sights-islam Proposed Resolution Warns Against Islam in Textbooks Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:09:49 EDT Lauri Lebo dde1e0e6-1c48-433f-b2ba-4d17d95c9353 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/08/kids-are-all-wrong-texas-tosses-enlightenment It seems to have been meant to be—and not in that predestination way. After endless months of testimony and debate, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), led by Don McLeroy, passed… Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:07:42 EDT Burke Gerstenschlager 42627c0e-ce1e-4699-9f62-c750d3365aa9 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/08/artful-history-texas The most vocal advocate of sweeping conservative changes to Texas’ American History curriculum is happy about the changes, but tells RD that it’s only a part of the agenda. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:14:07 EDT Lauri Lebo 88141c35-e024-40fb-92c5-f34ce42b3d3b https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/12/texas-textbook-massacre While the impact on the actual writing of textbooks may not be that dire the Texas Board of Education is clearly rewriting history to fit a conservative agenda and a Christian dominant worldview. Plus: The Ten Most Egregious Proposed Changes to the Social Studies Curriculum. Wed, 12 May 2010 06:32:25 EDT Lauri Lebo 7a89c596-b564-43a4-b5e5-62362d211588 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/07/creationist-leaning-texas-sets-textbook-agenda Due to California’s budget woes Texas’ book buying may effect the content of science textbooks. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:44:59 EST Lauri Lebo bb32b39e-afbd-4bbd-ac3c-e7850df30efe https://religiondispatches.org/2009/08/12/texas-board-education-wants-change-history Texas is the second largest purchaser of textbooks in the country. If conservative Christians on the Texas Board of Ed panel prevail in their wish to leave Ann Hutchinson (trouble maker!), Cesar Chavez, and Thurgood Marshall out of the social studies curriculum, all US schools could be affected. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:55:52 EDT Lauri Lebo 72a9cf0d-a958-4e6e-a4e5-b167df4b6126 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/22/evolution-challenged-textbook-case-goes-texas-so-goes-nation Opening the door to “junk science,” members of the Texas Board of Education inserted the coded language of creationism. With the second largest textbook budget in the nation, publishers are paying close attention. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:47:42 EDT Lauri Lebo e575dee0-333d-4cc2-a137-067620b61abf