Good News from the Supreme Court for those in need of an abortion. The Daily Beast reports the Supreme Court in a decisive 5 to 3 ruling has struck down Texas’s HB2 that enacted Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers or TRAP laws. In Texas had the decision been upheld it would have shuttered most of the abortion […]
SCOTUS to rule soon on undue burden on abortion clinics
The US Supreme Court ruling on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt from Texas’s HB2 that enacted draconian restrictions on abortion providers may come down as soon as Monday. What will the Supreme Court ruling on whether abortion TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) like TX HB2 mean for pregnant people across the country? Aron Ra […]
Victory in Texas! Mary Lee Bruner Defeated in State Board Run Off
You may already know Mary Lou Bruner, who is notorious for making false statements like President Barack Obama was formerly a gay prostitute? She lost her bid to represent Republicans in the November election for East Texas in District 9. Kathy Miller Texas Freedom Network, a Church/State separation watchdog group, had this to say: “Texas escaped an education […]
Texas weather has gone all “Texas” down here
Yes, Texas weather has gone plumb haywire, or “Texas” in Norwegian slang. On the East side of Dallas,where Aron Ra and I live, secular relief efforts are underway from an estimated 11 tornadoes that tore through Dallas county and neighboring counties to the North and East. Tornadoes in December are rare, and the one that […]
Governor Abbott: FFRF Capitol Holiday Display “Mocks Religious Beliefs” and must go.
In a characteristic display of both irony and projection, Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a show of disrespect to the state’s nonbelievers ordered the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s holiday display removed from where it had been squirreled away on the basement floor for this reason: “The Constitution does not require Texas to allow displays in its […]
Dallas Mayor not on the Islamophobia Bandwagon
Texas isn’t widely known for progressive policy makers, but there are a few. Texas isn’t as Red in its urban centers like Dallas, as it appears from the outside. Look at Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s fearful response to Texas accepting Syrian refugees. As was reported by Rick Cohen last Monday, Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, […]
Hemphill County Texas Sheriff dares you to take offense to Bible verse on police vehicles
Just like unattended graffiti, police departments are getting bolder and bolder about putting their Christian stamp on state owned police vehicles. In Hemphill County, Sheriff James Pearson wants everyone to know that if you take offence to “I am the good shepherd. John 10:11” on vehicles paid for by atheist tax money too that you […]
Texas Governor Calls Freedom from Religion Foundation “Misguided and Malicious”
Of course Texas Governor and Christian Culture Warrior, Greg Abbott, has pledged his full support for the Childress Police Department’s commandeering of state owned police vehicles for the motto “In God we Trust”. “There can be no doubt that courts in Texas would uphold the constitutionality of the Childress Police Department’s decision to place ‘In […]
Victory for Science in Texas!
Just when you thought Texans couldn’t catch a break down here, finally there is good news to report.
Texas: Not ready for a progressive woman Governor
During the election coverage and Republican acceptance speeches there was a real element of attributing the takeover of Congress to President Obama even though he wasn’t on the ballot. There are already congressmen who pledge to prosecute him for abusing executive orders even though he issued less of these than George W. Bush. As a […]