If it could happen to Chassidie, it could happen to you. Chassidie Russell’s story is a story of heartbreak and debt. It’s a story of lawsuit abuse. It’s a story of a mother and her daughter being ripped apart. And it could be your story. Tomorrow at 1:30pm, Senate Bill 1148 will be brought before…
We have been battling to restore the fundamental, constitutional right of parents in Texas for many years, especially in regard to the lawsuit abuse related to the area of family law known as the Grandparent Access Statute. As I have explained on many occasions, this well-meaning statute allows a grandparent, whose child in a marriage…
Although Encyclopedia Brown is famous for what he did know, Encyclopedia Dad is famous for what he does not know. Knowing so little, how did I earn that nickname? You may have guessed it: by my pernicious habit of stopping whatever I am doing, leaping out of the chair, and bounding over to the bookshelf…
Last week we worked with Representative Dutton, Jr. (D-Houston) to file the House version of the Tim Tebow bill: H.B. 1374. This week, Senator Paxton (R-McKinney) filed the Senate Version: S.B. 929. Also this week Senator Campbell (R-New Braunfels) and Representative Burkett (R-Sunnyvale) filed the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act, S.B. 1194 and H.B. 2547.…
As I stood surrounded by young men dressed in camouflage and boxes of unopened merchandise, I listened intently to the sounds that filled the air: The crunch of airsoft pellets under my cowboy boots, the distinctive “ping” they make as they hit designated targets, and an occasional, “Ha! Missed me!” are all sounds that warm…
This week the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act (TPRRA) was filed in the Texas Senate (SB 1194) and in the Texas House (HB 2547). As we have discussed many times over the last several years, these bills will seek to end the lawsuit abuse of fit single parents who are the targets of lawsuits by…
Things got heated today in the Senate Education Committee hearing on SB 573, the bill to allow private schools to compete in UIL activities. I gave testimony, arguing that UIL should get back to the vision of its founders, a vision that originally opened participation to all Texas students. In 1915 participation was restricted to…
This week, Representative Stickland filed a bill to prevent the state from regulating private schools. Since home schools are considered “unaccredited private schools,” the bill would preserve within the Texas Constitution the right to home school for years to come. H.J.R. 45 constitutional amendment by Representative Jonathan Stickland H.B. 1374, Tim Tebow bill by Representative…
God calls us to develop culture. He placed Adam in the garden to “cultivate” it, after all—and the “cultural mandate” of Genesis 2 is the command of God to all human beings to take dominion and make stuff out of the world. This cultural calling, then, often precedes the development of our worldview. We begin…
We spent the better part of this week in Austin working with legislators on key issues important to the home school community in Texas. A week ago today State Representative Harold Dutton (D) of Houston filed HB 1374, which would allow home school students to participate in UIL activities in the school in whose district…
