SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit
8,856
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mLine 33:
Line 33: − +
no edit summary
In his 2018 primary election, Flynn again defeated intra-party rival, [[Bryan Slaton]], a pastor from Hunt County, 11,803 (51.7 percent) to 11,013 (48.3 percent). After his reelection, Flynn called once again to permit public school teachers in Texas the option of displaying the [[Ten Commandments]] in their classrooms. He has been unsuccessful in previous attempts to pass such legislation. Flynn said that he does not understand why his proposal is controversial and, in the eyes of [[liberal]]s "unconstitutional". "It’s just allowing teachers to put something in their room that is about values," he said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article222625075.html#storylink=cpy
In his 2018 primary election, Flynn again defeated intra-party rival, [[Bryan Slaton]], a pastor from Hunt County, 11,803 (51.7 percent) to 11,013 (48.3 percent). After his reelection, Flynn called once again to permit public school teachers in Texas the option of displaying the [[Ten Commandments]] in their classrooms. He has been unsuccessful in previous attempts to pass such legislation. Flynn said that he does not understand why his proposal is controversial and, in the eyes of [[liberal]]s "unconstitutional". "It’s just allowing teachers to put something in their room that is about values," he said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article222625075.html#storylink=cpy
|title=Time to allow the Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms? One state lawmaker thinks so|author=Anna M. Tinsley|publisher=''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''|date=December 10, 2018|accessdate=December 11, 2018}}</ref> In 20020, however, Slaton easily won the party nomination over Flynn.
|title=Time to allow the Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms? One state lawmaker thinks so|author=Anna M. Tinsley|publisher=''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''|date=December 10, 2018|accessdate=December 11, 2018}}</ref>
In the Republican primary on March 3, 2020, Slaton easily unseated Flynn and went on to win the November 3 general election with 81 percent of the vote.
In the Republican primary on March 3, 2020, Slaton easily unseated Flynn and went on to win the November 3 general election with 81 percent of the vote.