Tag Archives: religious right
Special Session a ‘Battle Royal’ for Dominionists Who Seek Christian Rule
Thanks to Dan Patrick, those seeking conservative Christian dominion over government keep a seat at the table in this summer’s special session.
Nicknames for this summer’s special session have proliferated faster than hashtags and lapel pins. It’s been called “30 days of horror,” the “special ...Read More
Critics Fear New Texas Law Giving SBOE Wide Discretion Over Textbooks
Texas lawmakers just gave the State Board of Education more power over textbook content. What could possibly go wrong?
In past legislative sessions, a bill this momentous would have been major news. But in the “worst Legislature ever,” it received almost no press coverage at...Read More
Backward Together: Evangelicals and Trump Want to Make America Christian Again
How the conservative Christian myth of a fallen America connects with Trump’s dystopian fearmongering.
Our resident theologian unpacks the philosophy uniting Trump's longing for a mythologized good old days and evangelical Christianity's 'fallen America.'...Read More
Trump Defender Robert Jeffress to Rally Anti-LGBT Troops in Houston Before Election
The First Baptist Dallas pastor will speak to a who's-who of anti-gay groups at the Houston Stand4Truth conference about the "coming implosion" of America.
The First Baptist Dallas pastor will speak about the "coming implosion" of America to a who's-who of anti-gay groups at the Stand4Truth conference....Read More
Anti-LGBT Groups Still Fighting Same-Sex Marriage In Court
Texas Values is asking supporters for money and prayers as it attempts to take same-sex marriage back to court in Texas.
Right-wing lobby group Texas Values is asking supporters for money and prayers as it attempts to take same-sex marriage back to court in Texas....Read More
Evangelical Pastors Offer a Grim Message at Texas Summit
The latest meeting of the Texas Renewal Project finds evangelical pastors falling out of love with their country....Read More
Republicans Practicing ‘Bad Religion’ in Abortion Debate
Even as the religious right has slipped into a state of unplanned obsolescence on gay rights, marijuana legalization and other culture-war issues, it’s doing ...Read More