A school district review board committee in Broward, Florida unanimously voted on Dec. 6 to keep the Bible in district libraries, addressing a challenge from an atheist activist claiming it contains content “too sensitive or controversial” for students. The activist said the decision was “completely expected” and plans to appeal.
State law allows parents to challenge books in Florida school districts. Chaz Stevens filed the challenge due to perceived inappropriate sexual and violent content in Scripture—“It is obvious the Bible’s content is too sensitive or controversial for a typical classroom setting,” he said in the complaint. He was not present at the Dec. 6 meeting.
Stevens told Fox News that he will continue fighting due to the Bible’s “casual reference to rape, bestiality, cannibalism and slavery, to name a few. … What’s the cultural or literary value of teaching about drunken orgies to those in third grade?” He said that he […]
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