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‘We Love Our Neighbors, but It’s a Sin’: A Dispatch from a ‘Sex Ed Sitout’

Even though a majority of Texans support evidence-based sex education, religious right advocates have lobbied against teaching contraception in schools.

by Sophie Novack

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by Patrick Michels

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For Tea Party, CSCOPE Stands for Winning

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Feb 19, 2013

Texas Survey Finds Overwhelming Support for Birth Control Access, Opposition to Family Planning Cuts

by Olivia Messer

“The Revisionaries” Commits Texas School Standards Battles to the Fossil Record

by Patrick Michels

Jan 17, 2013

Many Bible Courses in Texas Schools Still Ignore State Law Against Bias

by Beth Cortez-Neavel

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