Texas leaders react to U.S. Supreme Court siding with football coach who lost job for praying after games
Read full article: Texas leaders react to U.S. Supreme Court siding with football coach who lost job for praying after gamesJonathan Saenz, the president of Texas Values, is now celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court decision on siding with a Washington state football coach who lost his job for praying after games.
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Texas education officials consider changing states sex education policy for first time in 23 years
Read full article: Texas education officials consider changing states sex education policy for first time in 23 yearsState law requires that schools teaching sex ed stress abstinence. Pu Ying Huang for The Texas TribuneFor the first time since 1997, Texas education officials will consider a new statewide sexual education policy, and it could include teaching middle schoolers about birth control options beyond abstinence. That proposed revision to the states health education standards is expected to draw crowds of people albeit virtually to Mondays State Board of Education meeting, where members will take public comment and discuss the changes. Advocates for comprehensive sexual education consider the proposed change a win and will rally for the board to approve it. Texas Values is also urging board members to exclude health standards teaching students about gender identity or sexual orientation.
Two conservative groups are suing Austin over its nondiscrimination ordinance. LGBTQ advocates say they're not worried.
Read full article: Two conservative groups are suing Austin over its nondiscrimination ordinance. LGBTQ advocates say they're not worried.The advocates say lawsuits challenging the city's code prohibiting employers from discriminating against an "individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability" won't hold up in court.