One day after delegates at the 2024 Texas GOP convention called for new laws requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools, State Board of Education chair Aaron Kinsey outlined his mission. From the main stage at the Henry B. González Convention Center, in San Antonio, he told the thousands of gathered Republican activists that he was leading the board in a crusade to fight against critical race theory, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion, and other “three-letter acronyms.” “You have a chairman who is a fighter for your values,” Kinsey said. “You have a chairman who will fight for these three-letter words: ‘G-O-D,’ ‘G-O-P,’ and ‘U-S-A.’” In the eighteen months since, state Republicans have moved quickly to carry out that goal: The Legislature…