Last December, Governor Abbott appointed Mike Morath to be the new head of the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Morath is known for his service on the Dallas ISD board and his efforts to reform that district. D Magazine wrote an article on Morath’s very interesting background.

It’s not uncommon to hear discussion of “culture wars”—the clash between traditional morality and liberal positions related to public policy issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, and even home schooling and parental rights.

These policy discussions are played out during campaigns when citizens choose legislative, executive, and judicial officials at the ballot box. THSC has been involved in this process since the 1980s, when some of these elected officials tried with some success to limit the right of parents to teach their children at home. During that time, it became crystal clear that to secure our rights as parents to make decisions for our children’s education and upbringing without the interference of government, we would have to work to elect officials who agreed with that premise.

In the race for the Texas Supreme Court, place 5, there is an ongoing debate about the challenge that Rick Green is making against Paul Green.

Recently I have been contacted by several people who have questioned some of our Association’s endorsements. That is not unusual, but this time we were being questioned about opposing elected officials who we had endorsed in the past. So I thought it would be beneficial to address this issue publicly.