Bible removed from Texas school district due to law banning 'sexually explicit' content

[Michie]

Parent calls it 'absurd' to throw out 'Good Book with bad books'

The head of a Texas school district says the Bible had to be removed from school libraries because of a new state law prohibiting explicit books.

Canyon Independent School District Superintendent Darryl Flusche announced in an email leaked earlier this week that under House Bill 900, which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 protecting schools from sexually explicit or vulgar content, the Holy Bible is unsuitable due to "sexually explicit material."

In an email to concerned parents, Flusche stated the full text of the Bible had been removed because it was categorized under this mandate, even though portions of the Bible remain available in the district's libraries.

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Bible removed from Texas school district due to law banning 'sexually explicit' content

The head of a Texas school district says the Bible had to be removed from school libraries because of a new state law prohibiting explicit books

www.christianpost.com

 

[mindlight]

Parent calls it 'absurd' to throw out 'Good Book with bad books'

The head of a Texas school district says the Bible had to be removed from school libraries because of a new state law prohibiting explicit books.

Canyon Independent School District Superintendent Darryl Flusche announced in an email leaked earlier this week that under House Bill 900, which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 protecting schools from sexually explicit or vulgar content, the Holy Bible is unsuitable due to "sexually explicit material."

In an email to concerned parents, Flusche stated the full text of the Bible had been removed because it was categorized under this mandate, even though portions of the Bible remain available in the district's libraries.

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Bible removed from Texas school district due to law banning 'sexually explicit' content

The head of a Texas school district says the Bible had to be removed from school libraries because of a new state law prohibiting explicit books

www.christianpost.com

The point of education and learning to read is to read the scriptures, then there are all the other things that schools do. American adherence to church-state separation appears self-defeating and stupid.

The fear of causing offense and ridiculous puritanical notions about sex is also a background factor here. It reminds me of Pharisees who hedge the law of God with extra fences to disallow even the possibility of sin.

 

[jas3]

The fear of causing offense and ridiculous puritanical notions about sex is also a background factor here. It reminds me of Pharisees who hedge the law of God with extra fences to disallow even the possibility of sin.

More likely is that the superintendent or members of the Board of Education are atheists and want to "get one over" on Christians. This doesn't seem like a decision that was made with the honest desire to keep explicit material out of schools.

 

[ozso]

More likely is that the superintendent or members of the Board of Education are atheists and want to "get one over" on Christians. This doesn't seem like a decision that was made with the honest desire to keep explicit material out of schools.

Exactly.