"No one's saying to worship Jesus. No one's saying anything that is proselytization."

Mandy Drogin, a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, defending proposals before the Texas State Board of Education that would embed biblical figures in social studies standards and add Scripture passages to a required student reading list — changes critics say give Christianity privileged status over other faiths in public schools. The foundation, which championed several of the policies, gave a $70,000 grant to a university department whose faculty member helped lead the social studies standards overhaul. (Dallas Morning News)