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Deerfield Beach resident sent all 62 superintendents in Florida a request to ban the Bible to protest House Bill 1467, which was signed into law. Under new Florida law, activist requests 62 school ...
“A cursory review of the Bible … makes it very clear that the Bible is at the top of the list of every single category established by the governor and the Florida legislature for banning books ...
Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963), [1] was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided 8–1 in favor of the respondent, Edward Schempp, on behalf of his son Ellery Schempp, and declared that school-sponsored Bible reading and the recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools in the United States was unconstitutional.
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]
Alabama's SBOE banned the teaching of concepts that impute fault, blame, a tendency to oppress others, or the need to feel guilt or anguish to persons solely because of their race or sex.” [6] Georgia's SBOE banned teaching that "indoctrinates" students. Florida's SBOE prohibited teaching about critical race theory or the 1619 Project. [6]
Chaz Stevens, a self-described "stunt activist," said the petition was made for "trolling DeSantis and his administration."
The school district adopted the "Bible History I" curriculum dispute a warning from its attorney that the course had a biased title; appeared "to teach the Bible 'as an inerrant document'"; had an apparently non-secular purpose; and taught a "single Protestant perspective."
A new crackdown on books in Florida schools has had a chilling effect in classrooms. Voices: I’m a teacher in Florida. Here’s what the DeSantis book bans look like in my classroom