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The restriction of religious texts in U.S. public schools, including the Bible, was referred to as a "Bible ban". [102] In June 2023, the Davis School District in Utah banned the Bible in Elementary and Middle Schools due to "vulgarity or violence" inappropriate for the age group. [103] [104] [105]
The former Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin once referred to this as an early form of freedom of religion in Canada. [1] Section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867 awards jurisdiction over education to the provincial governments, with a few exceptions. Catholics have denominational school rights in Ontario.
Freedom of religion in Canada is a constitutionally protected right, allowing believers the freedom to assemble and worship without limitation or interference. [2]According to the 2021 census, Christianity is the largest religion in Canada, with 53.3% of the population (more than half of these are Roman Catholic); one third of Canadians stated that they were irreligious or had no religion.
Here is the next book on the critics’ list for banning at school libraries due to overt sexual content: The Bible. But this time, instead of evangelical Christians seeking to remove books from ...
In 1982, a school administrator of Virginia called the novel the "most grotesque example of racism I've ever seen in my life". [33] Age Appropriateness – One of the most common reasons for censorship is when a book's content does not align with the intended age of the audience.
Silver in a letter to the School Board gave pages of examples of Bible passages. Psalms 137:8-9 in the English Standard Version says, “Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes ...
Teaching Bible correctly comes with requirements. I have no objection to teaching the Bible in schools except for one reason as stated below. After all, it is just a book of human history seen ...
A group of several dozen professors from the 7,000-member American Political Science Association contend that recent free speech precedents in Canada put academics at risk of prosecution. The group includes Robert George and Harvey Mansfield , and they have protested holding the scheduled 2009 APSA annual meeting in Canada for this reason. [ 145 ]