The Great American Experiment
Every two years, thousands of grassroot Republican voters from around Texas gather at a State Convention. This gathering determines what it means to be a Republican in Texas.
One of the most important ways this happens is the development of the official platform of the Texas Republican Party. This document lays out in pain staking detail what the Texas Republican Party believes - not everyone agrees with everything - but it is a pretty amazing document.
The Grimes County Republican Party would like to remind Republican voters what we are fighting to support by highlighting various planks of our Texas Republican Platform.
Plank 102 American Identity & Heritage says:
"We favor strengthening our common American identity and preserving our heritage and culture. We reject Critical Race Theory as a Marxist ideology that seeks to undermine the system of law and order itself and reduce individuals to a group identity. To facilitate the appreciation of our American identity, the contrast between freedom and the tyrannical history of socialism and communism throughout history must be taught. Government schools must display the United States and Texas flags and require the Pledges of Allegiance daily to instill patriotism. Flags promoting progressive agendas should be prohibited from being displayed at government schools. Students shall have the right to display patriotic items on their person as well as on school property. Texas shall prohibit foreign adversary funding in public and publicly funded private education, and shall require full transparency, auditing, and disclosure for foreign-influenced institutions. The Legislature shall enforce strict restrictions, penalties, and oversight to prevent unlawful foreign influence in Texas education and commerce. Texas public schools shall teach that Islamic Sharia law is incompatible with the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, because it denies freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and equal rights for women, and prescribes punishments inconsistent with American law."
The Texas Republican Party understands that the American identity should be taught, nurtured, and protected because it promotes shared civic values such as individual liberty, equality before the law, freedom of speech, and the U.S. Constitution!
