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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

State senator Kevin Sparks called the district’s Bible ban “misguided” in a 19 December post on Instagram. “The Bible is not educationally unsuitable, sexually explicit, or pervasively vulgar, making its removal legally and morally indefensible. At a time when students seek guidance, the Bible provides a vital moral framework.”

Dad: “Are you learning, son?”

Son: “Dad, I read the bible today in school. What are ‘emissions of donkeys’?”

Dad angrily whips out his ‘Bible Belt’ and commences with Christian Love: “Heathen! You need more church and don’t read that bible! Only listen to the church readings!”

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gotta apply the law fairly, no book should get an exemption just because it's part of the most popular US religion. I also love this quote:

It is the bestselling book of all time; it is historically accurate, scientifically sound, and most importantly, life-changing.

I can't think of a worse description of the Bible than historically accurate and scientifically sound. Though I'll agree, it's certainly changed a lot of lives.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

2 out of 4 isn't so bad.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Lol I love hearing news about the wackjobbiest parts of the States

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 days ago

A school district in the Texas panhandle temporarily removed the Bible – and reinstated it soon after – in an effort to comply with a controversial new state law that bans sexually explicit materials in schools.

The only moral sexually explicit materials in schools is my sexually explicit materials in schools.