Texas Values “Merry Christmas Texas Project” Aims to End War on Christmas

Every year we hear of stories where the government tries to ban references to Christmas in public schools and on public property. This week, Texas Values announced the launch of its annual “Merry Christmas Texas Project,” a statewide effort to educate and protect the acknowledgment of Christmas in public schools. The Merry Christmas Texas Law, authored by State Representative Dwayne Bohac, was passed with bipartisan support in the Texas Legislature and signed into law in 2013 to protect the religious liberty of children, parents, teachers, and school staff. The Texas Values legal and policy team helped draft the law.

At MerryChristmasTexas.com, Texans can educate themselves about their rights under the Merry Christmas Law and learn more about the issue by downloading a summary of the law and sharing with their school district. Our goal with the Merry Christmas Texas Project is to educate millions of Texas public school students, parents, and our over 1,200 school districts of their protections under Texas’ Merry Christmas Law. Texans across the state are rising up to say it’s time to end the ‘War on Christmas’ and the fear caused by political correctness.

State Agency Attacks Texas Judge Over Biblical View of Marriage

Waco Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley was recently given a “public warning” by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for her Biblical beliefs as a Christian that does not allow her perform same-sex marriages. In the words of the Commission’s order, Judge Hensley’s religiously motivated policy was ethically wrong for “casting doubt on her capacity to act impartially” as a judge.

Judge Hensley’s staff have simply referred same-sex couples to other qualified officiants nearby willing to perform their ceremonies. In a Daily Citizen article by Focus on the Family, Texas Values President Jonathan Saenz warned, “The war on religious freedom continues. Now we have some in this ‘state commission’ threatening Christian judges who refuse to participate in same-sex ceremonies. This is a clear example of putting politics above universal principles of freedom.”