by Bee Moorhead | Nov 13, 2022 | Civic Engagement, Climate Justice, COP27, Global Climate Policy, Human Rights, Religious Freedom
While representatives of national governments are parsing diplomatic language in meeting rooms at the climate negotiations, outside the rooms advocates from “civil society” use every strategy they can think of to advance their issues and get negotiators’ attention....
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 Joshua Houston | Jun 27, 2022 | Education, Latest Posts, Religious Freedom
In Carson v. Makin, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Maine law that prohibited state funds from being used to teach a religious curriculum in its state voucher program. The Court extended a doctrinal line of cases regarding “discrimination against religion.” The...
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 Joshua Houston | Aug 21, 2020 | Human Rights, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
Texas Impact and the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy have joined with the Anti-Defamation League and other religious organizations in filing an amicus brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The brief urges the U.S Supreme Court to reaffirm that government...
