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Lonestarblue

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5. Prayer in schools has been unconstitutional n the past, but states like Texas are pushing for
Fri Oct 6, 2023, 06:40 AM
Oct 2023

Christian religion in schools. That’s what most of the book bans are about, as well as the efforts to change the teaching of history to reflect that some white Christians want the world to believe that the atrocities their ancestors committed against Native Americans and Black people were not real or nothing serious.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have stated that their goal is to shut down all public education in Texas and send kids onoy to religious schools paid for by taxpayers. They have used their money to gain several goals over the past decade—outlawing abortion, preventing trans kids from participating in sports, and coming close to a bathroom bill targeting LGBTQ+ kids. They support extremist candidates who believe as they do and many of the Republicans in the state legislature are now those their money has elected, and they are voting to push forward the Christian right agenda.

I hope voters wake up to the threat, but too many are just too lazy to learn about what’s going on, and they’re happy so long as they can have as many guns as they want.

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