Commentary: "Politics & Tejas"

Carolina in her blog post, "should Texas government control prayer rooms in public schools", describes one Lewisville school that has established an in school multi-faith prayer room. The superintendent of the school states that this is a free expression of religion and in no way violates the first amendment. I think this informal setting could create a safe place for the religious to conduct them without fear of reprisal. However, any formal teachings or practice of religion by faculty or other administrators is not protected by the first amendment. We must be careful to acknowledge this clear demarcation. That being said, I agree that all of those who will to practice religion that no way interferes with the lives of others is a win-win.

Risks: Making Texas Economy Sustainable and Stable

If Texas were an economic bar stool, it would have three major legs: oil, meat, and technology. The stability of the bar stool is directly related to the stability of each individual leg and a bar stool with two legs is impractical. This is the way the Texas economy has largely run for the past 40 years and while it has worked to some extent, we know that this model is, by definition, unsustainable for the future as society begins to turn away from oil products like gas in favor of renewable sources of energy and away from factory farmed meats. That leaves technology as the most stable source of revenue for the state. Luckily, if we use the current surplus in the budget to invest in technology we could develop new technologies that are reusable and marketable.

  You can scream until your blue in the face, that will not change the fact that one day oil will all be depleted. When that happens if we do not have a new leg to stand on the economy will be unstable as a two-legged bar stool. Another added benefit of researching renewables is the positive publicity Texas would receive for being an early a

We All Choose For Ourselves

I hate religion, but I respect that everyone has a right to believe whatever they want as long as you aren't hurting one. This is the principle of religious freedom that the founders fought to establish, and it's under attack. The current Texas legislature has submitted 25 bills in this session which target the LBGT community in various different ways under the guise of "religious freedom".

Whatever you tell yourself I think we all can acknowledge that we do not want others telling us where to live, where we can work, or how to generally live our lives. 
We all believe in the right of the individual to choose their life.
These bills seek to discriminate and alienate.
They seek to put one group's beliefs as superior to another.

This is fundamentally incompatible with the Constitution and the values in which we choose as a nation: Freedom, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

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