Author Archives: Jonathan Saenz

Senator Mayes Middleton’s SB 854 Bill is a Religious Freedom Protection Bill for Churches and Nonprofits, not for-profit “Sharia Cities”: A Legal and Policy Analysis

April 11, 2026

Topic: Elections , Religious Liberty

Introduction Texas Values Action and its team have a combined 40+ years of experience on law and policy matters at the Texas Legislature, with specific emphasis...

Texas Values Action Opposes Rep. Dade Phelan’s Speaker Candidacy

November 3, 2020

Topic: Legislature , Press Releases

“Texas Values Action strongly opposes Rep. Dade Phelan as a Texas Speaker of the House candidate. Rep. Phelan used his power last session to advance the...

Religious Liberty, Privacy Win Big On Primary Election Night

March 7, 2018

Topic: Elections , Press Releases

AUSTIN – Late last night resulted in impressive wins for Texas and the nation. Texas Values Action endorsed numerous candidates and focused on messaging faith and...

Scare the Establishment

October 31, 2017

Topic: Elections , Legislature

It’s Halloween, and we have a great opportunity to “scare” the Liberal Establishment that has been running the Texas House. As I shared last week, Liberal...