Read a Nov. 6, 2004, Dallas Morning News story posted by the Seattle Times about the outcome of the Texas vote.

Read a Jan. 27, 2006, New York Times story about when Democrats in Alabama and Georgia introduced legislation to teach the Bible in public schools.

Read a March 29, 2006, New York Times story about Georgia becoming the first state to approve the Bible as a textbook.

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life offers resources on issues involving religion and public schools.

The U.S. Department of Education has guidelines, issued in 1998, for teaching religion in public schools.

Marshall Fitz is the director of immigration policy for the Center for American Progress (CAP), which is a progressive independent nonpartisan educational institute. Contact Fitz through the CAP communications director Crystal Patterson or through the email form on his CAP page.

Jeffrey S. Passel is a senior demographer for the Pew Hispanic Center, which has conducted research on Latino immigration patterns and Hispanic attitudes toward immigration policy.

Tony Campolo is a prominent evangelical pastor who helps lead Red Letter Christians, a progressive Christian movement aimed at building a more just society. He is also an author and a professor emeritus at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. Campolo served as a spiritual adviser to President Bill Clinton.

Read about Torie Bosch’s personal account of celebrating and recognizing Christmas as a secular holiday.