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Senate Bill 1515 was one of several legislative attempts by conservative Christians to center public life around their religious views.

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Rocky Malloy, a self-described former drug-smuggling pirate saved by divine intervention, has led a group that promotes chaplains as a tool to proselytize to schoolchildren.

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This week's top stories also included coverage of a fatal dog attack in San Antonio, in which one man died and three others were injured.

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By asking Hagee to give the invocation at her campaign launch, Haley is signaling that she's no moderate.

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Extremism experts and historians sound alarms as politicians, media personalities and celebrities amplify antisemitic conspiracies that have historically led to the killing of Jews.

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The “God-given right” to self-defense has become a rallying cry in Texas politics, further cementing gun ownership as a holy cause and political identity. The state’s Republican leadership has spent decades carrying the banner.

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