Rebecca Bell-Metereau

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Abortion is legal and it should be determined by the woman and her physician, not by each individual state or other individuals. If the law is changed at the national level or a determination of the Supreme Court, then individuals should follow the law.

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The separation of church and state is one of our nation's basic principles, established in order to prevent persecution of members of any religion. A number of people who came to these shores were escaping religious persecution, and George Washington, for example, defended Judaism. Among our founding fathers were all shades of belief and disbelief, and Benjamin Franklin even used the Iriquois religious and governmental model to help the new colonies develop the federation of states. The only difference was that the Iriquois had a house of females and a house of males, because they believed in gender equality, whereas the U.S. model did not include women. Most modern nation states have a secular state in order to avoid religious factions going to war or privileging a particular group. Many conflicts in the world are conducted by nations that have a state religion. I am therefore a strong believer in separation of church and state. Individuals should be free to decide religious beliefs.

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I believe that we should value life, along the lines of George Bernard Shaw viewed as the Life Force seeking to comprehend itself. I contemplate the nature of my existence and values for hours on end every day, and I research the greatest thinkers, both religious and non-religious to deepen my thinking. I was a religion minor in college, so I studies all of the major religions, and I have done a number of workshops to use the best of all religious traditions to improve my mode of being in the world. I do meditation, I practice the generous tradition of giving from the Christian and Muslim traditions, I value the Hebraic Talmudic practice of scholarship, I practice yoga, breathing and relaxation techniques and I constantly strive to be a force for good in the world. I remember my parents saying that "the lord helps those who help themselves." I fear that a lot of people have forgotten true Christian value and interpret "help themselves" as a gospel of wealth. I believe in love.

2012 Democratic Primary, 2014 Democratic Primary, 2016 Democratic Primary, 2018 Democratic Primary

Liberal

I am author of a number of publications that are liberal in the sense of being open and generous: Transgender Cinema (2019), Hollywood Androgyny, Simone Weil, co-edited Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering, chapters in Acting for America, A Little Solitaire, Cinema and Modernity, American Cinema of the 1950s, Authorship in Film Adaptation, Film and Television After 9/11, Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Writing With, Technological Imperatives, Women Worldwalkers, essays in College English, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Journal of Popular Film & Television, Cinema Journal.

Professor of English, Texas State University, Fulbright Scholar in Senegal, Presidential Award for Excellence in Service, Faculty Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence, served as Special Assistant to the President,Texas St. U, working on student retention and transition from public school to university Director TCH & NEH workshops for public school teachers. Served as Secretary of Faculty Senate, long-time senator Former Peace Corps teacher and Translator for US Air Force Flights Wife of Dr. Jean-Pierre Metereau, Professor of English, Texas Lutheran U. Served on San Marcos Planning and Zoning and Blue Ribbon Bond Commissions, currently on Board of Directors, Vista de Los Santos HOA; Volunteer in public schools and mother of two public school graduates, one who is now a nurse at Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC, and the other who directs environmental grants at MIT, Cambridge, MA.

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As a mother of two graduates of Texas public schools and a teacher at Texas State University, I want to restore respect for teachers and public schools. Texas students need to learn the most advanced science, technology, literature, art, music, and social studies. We need a change. We need educators, not politicians, on the State Board of Education, to give our students a 21st century education for our economy and our future. We need a board that provides leadership, not an outdated curriculum and more expensive high-stakes testing that wastes taxpayer money, frustrates teachers, administrators, parents, and, above all, students. Students learn from teachers who have a strong scholarly background, an engaging curriculum and the best available textbooks. Students need tools for research, civil discourse, and methods to determine their own beliefs; these should not be dictated by teachers or schools.

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