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April 3, 2015 News Column by Michael King
Abbott Joins Anti-Birth Control Lawsuit
State jumps into contraceptive fray
"...argue, impermissibly tramples on the free speech rights of religious organizations that oppose birth control. The lawsuit – joined..."
March 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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The anti-safe-and-legal abortion movement is about control, not life
"...sex education, limit sexual equality, and restrict personal and religious freedoms. They want their religious beliefs to be the..."
Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black
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Welcome to the "Best of Austin," in what in some ways feels like the worst of times.
"...any attention to the meaning, not even the more religious students. The recitations were as mindless as a lot..."
Sept. 26, 2003 Column by Louis Black
The Prayer Robbers
A fantasist's view of the rise of monotheism.
"...collective activity; and the mode termed by primitive species "religious," by which the species as a whole focuses S.E...."
May 17, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura
Faith Healers
A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.
"...paroled here. They are mostly middle-class, mostly with some religious background, all former alcoholics, heroin or cocaine addicts, or..."
Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Megachurch Miracle
Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches
"...of worship, Ferk says, she was overwhelmed by a religious stirring in her soul. "I felt like I had..."
Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy
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Bergstorm
"...has caused "atrocities far surpassing those caused by all religious hysteria?" Atheism is a religious philosophy! It's defined by..."
Jan. 24, 1997 Column
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Contradictions Exposed
"...has produced atrocities far surpassing those caused by all religious hysteria...."
Jan. 10, 1997 Column
The Unholy
Messy Catholic horror is weighed down by becoming a creature feature
"...tourism revenue – is a decidedly different spin on religious horror. In its best moments, The Unholy touches on..."
April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Saint Maud
Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction
"...seizures, abdominal pain, and sudden bursts of euphoria. Her religious beliefs are centered on the philosophy that God wants..."
Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Paxton Stacks AG’s Office With Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors
AG hires opponents of church-state separation
"...itself as a “nonprofit legal group dedicated to defending religious liberty” in schools, the military, and throughout the public..."
April 12, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma
Marriage for Everyone
Travis County "overjoyed" to comply with Supreme Court decision
"...county clerks who wish to refuse licenses based on "religious objections." However, the AG warned that doing so could..."
July 3, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Anti-Sharia Bill Dead, but Sentiment Alive
HB 562 unlikely to make it out of the House, but the Islamophobia behind it is here to stay
"...Council on American-Islamic Relations, explains that participation in any religious tribunal in the U.S. is voluntary, and participants can..."
May 22, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata
Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 2065
Anti-LGBT "religious freedom" laws piling up at the Lege
"...Estes' SB 2065 contains strains of the infamous Indiana "religious freedom" law – it would allow religious organizations and..."
May 8, 2015 News Column by Mary Tuma
Bleak Day at SCOTUS for Women, Unions
Hobby Lobby ruling hits reproductive rights, Illinois wings labor
"...Put simply, they argued that, since churches and other religious groups are exempt from providing insurance that covers contraception,..."
June 30, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
TFN Looks at the Lege Demagogues
New Texas Freedom Network report on the Lege and the religious right
"...Fortunately, if you're concerned about the influence of the religious right on Lone Star politics, the Texas Freedom Network..."
Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Page Two: Welcome to the Funhouse
Republicans' rhetorical sleight of hand has allowed them to distort this country's founding principles while seeming to uphold them
"...an ideal visual metaphor for many issues – political, religious, and social. What something or someone appears to be..."
Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Louis Black
Prayer Back in School?
Amidst concerns that policy makers want creationism in schools, a new law lets kids do it for them.
"...sign into law House Bill 3678 a.k.a the Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act a.k.a. the Religious Viewpoint Anti-Discrimination Act. This..."
Aug. 16, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Bye Bye Bible
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds earlier ruling that Harris County courthouse Bible monument must go
"...of having the Bible encased in the monument were religious and thus violated the Constitution's Establishment Clause. County officials..."
Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Bible Monument Case Thumps Its Way Through Courts
Constitutionality of Harris County display heard in Austin court
"...is actually a secular shrine to Mosher, or a religious shrine that uses Mosher as a vehicle to promote..."
Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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"...Freedom of Religion clause, by the high degree of religious tolerance in our culture, and by the statements of..."
Nov. 19, 2004 Column
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Making Fine Discriminations
"...equal-protection rules in hiring. "The days of discriminating against religious groups just because they are religious are coming to..."
Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
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Our readers talk back.
"...Doug Potter drawing and the comments about the fanatical religious and patriotic reactions to the ruling about omitting "God"..."
July 12, 2002 Column
Capitol Chronicle
The Supreme Court, by supporting vouchers, removes another brick from the church-state wall.
"...okay for taxpayers to be required to underwrite private religious education with their public school tax dollars. If you're..."
July 5, 2002 News Column by Michael King
Naked City
Local news this week in Austin.
"...the recently withdrawn one had invoked the specter of "religious freedom," invoking the Texas Constitution and the recently passed..."
April 6, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Naked City
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is back, and this time it may be a bit more bulletproof.
"...each other, both houses of Congress unanimously passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. You..."
Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Kingdom Come
"...a Theocratic Party? An attractive one could rally the religious right, possibly to mass defection from the GOP."..."
Feb. 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura
Off the Desk:
"...to all Texans last week to fight against the religious right...."
Oct. 4, 1996 News Feature
Federal District Court Rules Employers Can Refuse to Purchase Health Insurance That Covers PrEP
When lifesaving medicines are against someone’s religion
"...it's a violation of these conservative plaintiffs' sincerely held religious beliefs...."
