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Dispute in Texas over Jesus Sign

15 Jun 2015
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Alison Lesley

Will Rogers, Mayor of Hawkins, Texas defends "Jesus Welcomes You" sign against the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The town of Hawkins in Texas welcomes visitors with a unique sign that reads “Jesus...

Texas Professor Says World Religion Needs to be Taught in School

20 Apr 2015
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Alison Lesley

Joseph Laycock, an Assistant Professor at Texas State University, posted a piece last week on Quartz expressing his belief that students should be taught about the major world religions to better prepare...

Texas Considers Amendments to Its Religious Freedom Law

10 Apr 2015
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Hayli Harding

After the controversies in Indiana and Arkansas, Texas is considering amendments to its own Religious Freedom laws, facing similar controversy. Texas lawmakers and business leaders have gathered to publicly...

Breakaway Episcopalians Win in Texas Church Property Case

09 Mar 2015
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Alison Lesley

Judge John Chupp of the Tarrant County ruled in favor of the breakaway Episcopalian group. The group broke away from the national Episcopal Church in Fort Worth in 2008 over disagreements in same-sex...

Hindu American Foundation Approves Texas Textbooks with New Corrections

10 Dec 2014
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Emily Murdoch

New Texas textbooks were approved by the Hindu American Foundation after corrections were made to the explanations of and information on the Hindu faith. Recently, we published an article on the improvements...

Texas Textbooks to Accurately Reflect Sikh Faith

28 Nov 2014
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Alison Lesley

Source: SikhCoalition.org/textbooks The Sikh Coalition celebrated a victory after the Texas Board of Education approved textbooks which have corrected more than 50 inaccuracies about the Sikh faith...

After Leaving Due to Stance on Homosexuality, Houston Church Suing the Presbyterian Church (USA)

03 Nov 2014
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Emily Murdoch

A lawsuit between a Texas church and Presbyterian Church (USA) has been continuing on for over six years, and it still seems to be no closer to a conclusion. Windwood Presbyterian Church of Houston...

Sikhs Seeking Political Asylum Still Detained by Immigration in El Paso

07 Aug 2014
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Kyle Glatz

In El Paso, Texas, 2 Sikh men are being held indefinitely as their trial to determine their claim to political asylum is delayed again. The immigration processing centers in Texas have recently been...