Liberty Institute released the following press release today: Plano, Texas, December 22, 2011—Today, days before Christmas, Liberty Institute filed a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Morgan v. Swanson, (known nationwide as the “candy cane” case), asking the Court to hold government officials accountable for violating students’ First Amendment rights. Liberty Institute [...]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
This past Saturday, an estimated 5,000 Texans rallied to support the Nativity Scene at the Henderson County Courthouse in Athens, Tx. The Wisconsin based Freedom From Religion Foundation, who has a history of attacking religious freedom around the country, had sent a letter to county officials stating that the religious display on the courthouse lawn should be removed [...]
Friday, December 16, 2011
If Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sounds familiar to you, it’s likely because they are the same atheist group currently behind the attacks on the Tenth Mountain Division’s Big Mountain Jesus statue in Whitefish, Montana, the veterans memorial, that Liberty Institute is defending. They are also the same group that earlier this year filed suit [...]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
As we reported last week here, the Fort Worth ISD has gotten itself in a sticky situation with it’s apparent ban on Santa and gift exchanges in its classrooms. Liberty Institute talked with KXAN about this story late last week. You can see KXAN’s news video on the story below and read their story here: [...]
Friday, December 2, 2011
The Fort Worth Star Telegram posted a story this morning about an apparent (click here) ban on Santa and gift exchanges in the Fort Worth I.S.D. public schools. It’s sad that a government spokesperson for FWISD has to make it clear that it’s okay for school students to say “Merry Christmas” to each other during [...]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
UPDATE: NOW, OVER 5,000 TEXANS HAVE SIGNED OUR CHRISTMAS PETITION!! HAVE YOU? www.christmastextbooks.com 10:45 p.m.- hearing concludes at end of 8th grade. Rest of Social Studies will be taken up tomorrow. And we’ll be here. 10:33 p.m. – SBOE Member Dunbar gets right to work: John Locke, William Blackstone added to Grade 8. 10:15 p.m. [...]
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Click here for an update on this issuehttp://texaslegislativeupdate.com/ Sign the “Keep Christmas” Petition. http://www.christmastextbooks.com/ Will Christmas stay or go? Will the Founding Fathers be given the respect they deserve? Will Columbus be buried in a lone corner of the curriculum? Will the effort to remove Veterans Day be stopped once and for all. Will teaching [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
*Student banned from bringing candy cane to school “Winter Party”, because of religious references. *Students banned from writing “Merry Christmas” on cards they sent to U.S. Military troops in Iraq. *School policy only allowed white plates and napkins, no red and green colors allowed for “Winter Party” *”Christmas” holiday reference removed from social studies curriculum, [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009
ACTION STEP #1: Click here to contact the SBOE members on the Social Studies/Christmas issue. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=3803 Phone Number: The phone number to call is 512-463-9734 Emails: Send emails to sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us Tell them you want to keep Christmas in the Social Studies curriculum, as it has been for at least the last ten years. ACTION STEP [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The State Board of Education meeting has begun. Great Op-ed today in El Paso Times. (Don’t delete [Christmas] from classrooms. ElPasoTimesChristmas David Barton, expert review member, of Wallbuilders, has on display here, an incredible collection of historical documents that are a part of his personal collection. This is getting a lot of attention from the people at [...]
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