- Texas Ed Board Candidate Doubles Down on 'Pilgrims Were Communists' Claim
- More From Ed Board Candidate Spurlock: No Sex Ed, Kids 'Are Gonna Figure It Out on Their Own' Anyway
- Former Texas Ed Board Creationist Don McLeroy on Colbert Report Tonight
- Former Texas SBOE Member: Opposition to Teaching Creationism in Science Classrooms Is Like 'Pre-Holocaust Germany'
- Early Voting Begins in Texas: Vote in State Board of Education Races
- Texas Ed Board Candidate Advocates Teaching Creationism in Science Classrooms
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Banned Books Week
A few weeks ago we told you about the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer’s claim that the Bible is the only book banned in the country’s public schools. Fischer has obviously not been to Texas where a course on the Bible is offered as an elective. Wait. He actually has been to Texas. Fischer was [...]
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AFA Screams at Ben & Jerry’s
The folks who sponsored Gov. Rick Perry’s summer prayer fest are all pistachioed at the name of a new flavor of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and have manufactured a controversy that they’ll probably milkshake for all it’s worth. One Million Moms, a project of the American Family Association, is warning Ben & Jerry’s that [...]
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The Week in Quotes (Sept. 18 – 24)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond.
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Creationist Materials Found Where?!
What’s wrong with this picture? According to the Dallas Observer, this PowerPoint slide was found on the central curriculum website (accessible only by teachers) for the Dallas Independent School District, the 12th-largest public school system in the country. The slide was apparently part of a presentation titled “The Cell Theory.” The Observer notes most of [...]
Posted in creationism, intelligent design, science and religion
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Congrats, Rep. Christian!
We were perusing through the far-right Texas Eagle Forum’s website the other day and found this: The Eagle Forum’s legislative scorecard for the 82nd Legislature that concluded mid-summer. Ranking as the most conservative on the Eagle Forum’s list, and the only legislator — in the House or Senate — to receive a 100 percent rating [...]
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In One Month…
Where will you be in one month? We hope you’ll be with us at TFN’s Epic Evening: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 7 – 10 p.m. Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum 1800 N. Congress Ave. Austin, Texas Purchase your sponsorships or individual tickets today! At this year’s event we will be honoring three very special [...]
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