OK, this really has nothing to do with any of the Texas Freedom Network’s primary issues. But it does demonstrate how extreme the far right has become in America — and especially, sadly, in Texas. One of David Barton’s favorite congressmen, Republican U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of East Texas, is ranting again about the threat [...]
We sent out the following Action Alert yesterday, calling on TFN members to contact their U.S. House members in support of a resolution on the Texas State Board of Education. Tell Your Congress Member to Support Education over Politics The Texas Freedom Network and the Texas Faith Network this week joined nearly two dozen national [...]
As attacks on the religious liberties of American Muslims grow, where are the supposed voices for religious freedom among far-right groups in Texas? Pressure groups like Liberty Institute (the Texas affiliate of Focus on the Family) and Texas Eagle Forum often grandstand about threats to First Amendment’s protections for religious freedom when they claim Christians [...]
The Texas Freedom Network just issued the following press release: TFN Joins National Groups Opposing Politicization of Curriculum Standards in Texas Letter Supports U.S. House Resolution Calling for Experts to Determine Standards, Not Politicians FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2010 The Texas Freedom Network and the Texas Faith Network have joined nearly two dozen national [...]
The Texas State Board of Education debate over social studies curriculum standards last spring drew unprecedented coverage from the national media, most of it reasonably balanced. The exception was coverage from Fox News, including commentator Tucker Carlson. Carlson and his Fox colleagues made so many false and misleading statements on-air about the debate that we [...]
We just got a look at the new candidate questionnaire from Liberty Institute, the Texas affiliate of the far-right group Focus on the Family. None of the questions are particularly surprising — they hit the list of issues typical for this group (such as abstinence-only/sex education, anti-gay discrimination, Ten Commandments in public schools, private school [...]
Can they get any sillier? Liberty Institute, the Texas affiliate of the far-right group Focus on the Family, just sent out a statement claiming that today’s Senate confirmation of Elena Kagan as a U.S. Supreme Court justice “will most likely move the Court even further to the left.” “Even further to the left”? That kind [...]
