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Board Takes Up Anti-Muslim Measure

By Dan | Published September 24, 2010

The Texas State Board of Education is about to take up a proposed resolution attacking Islam and claiming that social studies textbooks are anti-Christian. TFN Insider will keep you updated on progress. 9:53 a.m. - We notice that board members Barbara Cargill and Don McLeroy have been going through world history textbooks currently used in […]

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SBOE Rejects Religious Freedom in Standards

By TFN | Published March 11, 2010

Today the Texas State Board of Education voted to reject an amendment to social studies curriculum standards that would require students to learn that the nation’s Founders “protected religious freedom by barring government from promoting or disfavoring any particular religion over all others.” The party-line vote — 10 Republicans against and 5 Democrats in favor […]

Also posted in church and state, Cynthia Dunbar, live blog | 15 Comments