Bad Bills
Bad Bill: Forever Agenda 21
Bad Bill: You, Me and the Lord Makes Three
Previous covenant marriage bills have died in committee but a tea partier is giving a tighter knot another shot....Read More
Bad Bill: Don’t Mess with Texas Teachers
A bill by Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) authorizes teachers to use “force or deadly force” to defend themselves, students, or school property....Read More
Bad Bill: Reducing Access to Abortion
Rep. Bill Callegari filed a bill last month that would reduce abortion access for minors—especially minors with abusive parents or without parents entirely....Read More
Bad Bill: Drug Testing Welfare Applicants
Back in the 1980s, talk-show radio hosts and prominent Republicans complained of welfare queens riding around in Cadillacs. Now, their imaginations are sparked ...Read More
Bad Bill: Matt Krause’s License to Discriminate
House Bill 360 Rep. Matt Krause (R-Fort Worth) Under this bill Rep. Matt Krause wants to allow student organizations, even those at private schools, to discri...Read More
Bad Bill: Could Texas Survive Annual Legislative Sessions?
House Bill 136 Rep. Richard Peña Raymond (D-Laredo) There’s a long-running joke around the Texas Capitol: The Legislature meets for 140 days every two ye...Read More
Bad Bill: Creationism in Schools? Not So Intelligent Legislation
State Rep. Bill Zedler’s bill would require universities to permit teaching or “researching” of intelligent design (you know, creationism). ...Read More
Drunken Logic
House Bill 99 Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-San Antonio) They say sober minds don’t always prevail. They certainly aren’t prevailing—at least not yet—on...Read More
The Political Pill
House Concurrent Resolution 25 Rep. Todd Smith (R-Euless) There are certain things that some teenagers don’t want to tell Mom and Dad. Like when they’re buy...Read More