The Austin American-Statesman reports:
Stephen Balch, a former professor who also has opposed the 2015 Supreme Court ruling overturning state bans on same-sex marriage, is a content adviser for the revision of the standards that will guide social studies courses from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The Texas Freedom Network, a liberal group promoting religious freedom and education, is calling on the State Board of Education to withdraw Balch’s appointment, citing his writings calling the 2020 election a “literal coup,” among other things.
The group also pointed to Balch’s support of a letter urging officials to disregard the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling against bans on same-sex marriage as an example of another “attack on our constitutional system of government”.
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This is Stephen Balch.
He believes that nonwhite people are attempting to take power from whites & whites should violently resist. He’s calls the 2020 election a coup.
The Texas State Board of Education @TXSBOE just made him content adviser for K-12 social studies revision. pic.twitter.com/jsDzU3A5GD
— Lee Merritt (@MerrittForTexas) January 27, 2022