by Joshua Houston | Dec 16, 2022 | Blog, Economic Justice, Health, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Race & Gender
This week, as millions of Texans prepare to celebrate the birth of a healthy baby to an unwed teen mother of color, the Texas Department of State Health Services finally released their 2022 biennial report from the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review...
by Joshua Houston | Jul 28, 2022 | Health, Latest Posts, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that substantially alters the landscape of reproductive health in the United States. As most observers expected, the ruling eliminates the U.S. Constitutional right to an abortion, and allows state legislatures complete...
by Bee Moorhead | Jun 27, 2022 | Latest Posts, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
In response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the cases of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Texas Impact issued the following statement: Faith communities across a broad spectrum of cultures and traditions share the belief that every person has...
by Joshua Houston | Apr 7, 2022 | Human Rights, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
In a recent interview on conservative talk radio, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick cast the policy debate over LGBTQ rights as a holy war. At the ten minute mark, Patrick said: “If you can change your sex…well, then you play God…This is a battle of those who believe...
by Bee Moorhead | Feb 26, 2022 | Faith Leader Trans Support, Race & Gender
Sallie Watson, General Presbyter; Laurie Palmer, Stated Clerk | Mission Presbytery Dear ones, We want to share our thoughts and convictions with you, speaking the truth in love as brothers and sisters in Christ, on two difficult issues which have surfaced in the last...
by Bee Moorhead | Feb 26, 2022 | Faith Leader Trans Support, Race & Gender
FEBRUARY 25, 2022 | LEE WINKELMAN AND FREDI BLEEKER FRANKS The Texas Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC-TX) unequivocally denounces the hateful and erroneous statements made by Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton this week, in which they...
