Culture Wars
Richard Whittaker, June 7, 2011
The Response, Perry's bizarre day of prayer and fasting, depended on campaign pros specializing in getting out the evangelical vote
Richard Whittaker, April 29, 2011
Perry's declaration of a statewide day of prayer for rain was so successful that Texas went into the hottest, driest summer on record.
Richard Whittaker, April 26, 2010
How Perry's office was connected to a hate mail campaign against a play performed by students at a state university
Christopher Gray, Jan. 26, 2007
Ted Nugent rails against illegal immigrants and "faggots getting hitched" at Perry's inaugural
Amy Smith, Dec. 11, 2006
Gay basher Dwight McKissic planned Perry's 2007 inaugural gala
Amy Smith, Nov. 4, 2005
Perry picks up an unfortunate new ally in his anti-gay marriage push: The KKK
Amy Smith, Oct. 21, 2005
Perry's campaign cash links to the anti-gay marriage right
Amy Smith, Sept. 2, 2005
Perry's closed-doors Pastor's Policy Briefing is a who's who Fundamentalist free marketeers
Michael King, April 16, 2004
As school property taxes sky-rocket, Perry plans to balance the budget with ... strippers?
Walter Howerton Jr, Oct. 10, 2003
Perry and his political partners turn a ribbon cutting for a road into a religious revival
Lauri Apple, Nov. 2, 2001
Perry gets an ally in his call for prayer in school: Noted homophobe, anti-Muslim activist and televengelist Jerry Falwell
Jordan Smith, Oct. 26, 2001
Perry brings prayer into school, arguing that everyone worships "the same God anyway," and casts doubt on the separation of church and state
Amy Smith, June 8, 2001
The first rule of Perry public relations: If the press catches you out, say they misinterpreted you
Amy Smith, May 18, 2001
In a rare break with the far right, Perry signs the Hate Crimes bill
Amy Smith, April 27, 2001
How Gov. Perry crippled the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Bill for a second time
May 20, 1999
The brutal slaying of James Byrd Jr. shocked a nation, but Perry helped derail a hate crimes bill named in his memory
Robert Bryce, Dec. 27, 1996
Irony of ironies: Perry, who has increasingly tied his fortunes to the religious right, declines to answer a Chronicle survey about his faith