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State-funded pregnancy center conflates religious, educational material

By | 03.29.11 | 3:20 pm

Image by Matt MahurinWhile faith-based “crisis pregnancy centers,” or CPCs, continue to receive state and federal taxpayer dollars through the state’s Alternatives to Abortion Services Program, a Texas Independent investigation of an Austin CPC supports critics’ assertions that the nonprofits routinely blur the line between counseling and religious proselytizing.

Austin anti-abortion group targets African Americans in NYC, causes controversy

By | 02.24.11 | 12:16 pm

Image by Matt MahurinAn Austin-based anti-abortion group’s foray into the Northeast media market is causing quite the controversy. According to Texas Secretary of State records, Heroic Media founder Brian Follett is the registered agent for Life Always, the group that paid for a three-story high billboard that’s part of Follett’s campaign targeting More…

Tea Party Roundup

By | 07.06.09 | 11:42 am

The biggest story out of this weekend’s Tea Party protests, unfortunately for its organizers, seems to be the Duval County, Florida Republican Party’s endorsement of an event that featured an unusual number of “Obama = Hitler” signs. Jax Politics has photos which have been stripped from Facebook.

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