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	Podcast:		Texas Matters
	Episode:		Texas Matters: How Texas got religion
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:28:59
	Publish Date:		2026-03-09 13:59:13
	Description:		Millions of Texans tell pollsters religion is very important in their lives. Every Sunday hundreds of megachurches fill up and celebrate their faith – which also shapes their politics. The result , elections are won and lost based on performances of righteousness. The State Board of Education bends the nation’s textbooks to a conservative Lone Star gospel, and laws are passed based on Christian values. How did Texas become “one state under God"?
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