Separation of Church and State Crucial

"...Dear Editor, Simply put, the Tea Party crumpets and the religious right zealots are maneuvering for power and..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Postmarks

Separation of Church and State

"...Zamecki's letter [“Postmarks,” Oct. 29]: Joe’s letter is excellent and truthful. I agree that adding the phrase “one state..."

Nov. 2, 2010 Postmarks

The Lack of Separation Between Church and State Goes Both Way

"...I have thought about what will happen when the state starts to legislate the church. The church seems very..."

Nov. 2, 2005 Postmarks

Church and State Must Be Separated

"...Dear Kinky and all of his followers, I fought for years to..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Postmarks

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...passersby have grown accustomed to the parking cones, forklifts, and sounds of rapid construction. But in Feb­ru­ary, that clatter..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Perry's Day of Fasting for Ballots

Governor running for president or pope?

"...With both Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum both circling the GOP presidential nominations, it..."

June 7, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bills Reignite Debates Over Church-State Separation

Texas lawmakers revive Ten Commandments and prayer in public schools legislation

"...10 would require every classroom to display the Ten Commandments, while Senate Bill 11 would create a daily period..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

Point Austin: The Devil and Gov. Perry

'Spiritual Warfare' is no substitute for the earthly obligations of government

"...we now know the U.S. Constitution is the work of the devil. Perhaps you were under the traditional, satanically..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Column by Michael King

State Board of Education Brings a New Anti-Sex Circus to Town

Anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, and creationism advocates to help revise Texas public schools’ sex education

"...The State Board of Education has anointed anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, and creationism..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Page Two: Principle and Patriotism

'We have met the enemy and he is us,' Part II

"...In which our hero encounters saints and sinners, rulers and the ruled, prognostics and pedants, as..."

April 30, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Bill of the Week: Christmas Edition

Bohac wants some, er, Winter cheer in schools

"...'Twas six days before Christmas, And all through the Texas House, Not a lawmaker was..."

Dec. 23, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Business of America

Solutions to the made-up immigration 'problem' would be an expansive and burdensome assault on both companies and individuals

"...seems to be a widespread assumption on the part of much of the citizenry that the United States government..."

April 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Flip It and Reverse It

Bush abandons troublesome action for the sanctity of meaningless battles and ideological purity

"...Given that this week we celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, this column..."

July 7, 2006 Column by Louis Black

What Church/State Separation?

"...The ceremony began with a student-led prayer (to God and Jesus Christ), and another student quoted scripture from the..."

June 10, 2009 Postmarks

Top 10 Quotes of the Week

Notable quotables of 2012

"...1) "The gap between what was expected of [Gov. Rick Perry] and what he delivered ... makes..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature

Quote of the Week

"..."This separation of church and state is just false on its..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Column

My Religious Beliefs More Important Than the Laws of This Republic, Vote Bush!

"...Dear Editor, As campaigning dives headfirst into the heart and soul of the American citizen, lines are drawn, boundaries..."

March 26, 2004 Postmarks

Page Two: Red-State Specials

In the current political climate, reasoned debate turns too easily to ideological hate

"...We live in a time of cheap and lazy fanaticism, when complexity is derided as..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

LegeLand: Bill of the Week

Not enough stuff 'under God'

"...cramming the words "under God" into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, Christian conservatives have blithely ignored that whole "separation..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Legislature: A Beacon of Light?

"...jewel my mind was put to ease. Obviously, all of the real issues have been put to rest. Boy..."

May 5, 2005 Postmarks

The Tides of March

Ready for a blue wave in November's midterms? That'll depend on the race.

"...The quadrennial challenge for state Democrats is finding the perfect candidate to unseat –..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week

Proclamation for Days of Prayer for Rain in Texas

"...After Texas has lost nearly two million acres and the lives of two firefighters to wildfires this year,..."

April 29, 2011 News Column by Richard Whittaker

NAACP and LULAC: Texas Education System Violates Federal Law

State board members say they're just whining

"...On Dec. 19, the Texas State Conference of the National Association for the Advance­ment of..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

SBOE: Reading, Writing, and Fighting Socialism

SBOE passes new education standards along party lines

"...Remember the old days, when hardly anyone noticed the State Board of Education? Those days are long gone. The..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...announced his immigration platform for his 2024 presidential campaign and implied that Donald Trump's plan under-delivered. DeSantis was introduced..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature

Comer, Creationists and Dover Schools

Why the author of the book for which TEA's science expert says she got fired gets creationists so upset.

"...whether science curriculum director Chris Comer was forced out of her job because she didn't back intelligent design sufficiently...."

Dec. 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Freedom of Speech Is the Trump-All Virtue

"...Dear Editor, Of all the things left to us by the constitutional..."

Oct. 22, 2012 Postmarks

Drastic Misdunderstanding of Conservative Thought

"..."Page Two" that he continues to possess a drastic misunderstanding of conservative thought. I have few quibbles with the..."

March 10, 2006 Postmarks

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing ideology..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

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