Posted on Mar 30, 2022
A Kansas school district won't remove the Bible despite a challenge over its mature themes
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A Derby school district committee decided not to remove the Bible from libraries or classrooms despite a challenge that the book contains mature themes.
Cheryl Bannon, a former member of the Derby City Council, asked the district’s library committee to review the Bible after the group decided to remove an award-winning young-adult novel from its list of approved classroom materials.
Bannon said she filed her challenge to illustrate the consequences of censorship. The Bible is used as a textbook in Derby High School’s “Bible as Literature” course, a one-semester elective.
Pointing to verses about murder, masturbation, genocide, incest and other mature topics, Bannon argued that the religious text is just as provocative as some contemporary works.
Derby’s library committee removed Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” from classrooms and middle-school libraries in February, citing profanity, sexual themes and slurs related to mental disabilities.
Cheryl Bannon, a former member of the Derby City Council, asked the district’s library committee to review the Bible after the group decided to remove an award-winning young-adult novel from its list of approved classroom materials.
Bannon said she filed her challenge to illustrate the consequences of censorship. The Bible is used as a textbook in Derby High School’s “Bible as Literature” course, a one-semester elective.
Pointing to verses about murder, masturbation, genocide, incest and other mature topics, Bannon argued that the religious text is just as provocative as some contemporary works.
Derby’s library committee removed Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” from classrooms and middle-school libraries in February, citing profanity, sexual themes and slurs related to mental disabilities.
A Kansas school district won't remove the Bible despite a challenge over its mature themes
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Keep religion out of schools. Don't want young kids introduced to sex in school? Take out the mature themed Bible. Dont be hypocrites.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
At least public schools, but then there is that line from the Billy Joel song....You Catholic girls start much too late......https://www.bing.com/search?q=song+only+the+good+die+young&form=PRUSMB&mkt=en-us&httpsmsn=1&msnews=1&refig=74846ab05dd [login to see] f11e751458a&sp=2&qs=MT&pq=song+only+the&sk=PRES1AS1&sc=8-13&cvid=74846ab05dd [login to see] f11e751458a&shtp=GetUrl&shid=ec38a64b-5d9f-4925-a43e-9664c5b495e5&shtk=QmlsbHkgSm9lbCAtIE9ubHkgVGhlIEdvb2QgRGllIFlvdW5nIChMaXZlIGF0IEZhcm0gQWlkIDE5ODUp&shdk=QmlsbHkgSm9lbCBzaW5ncyBcIk9ubHkgdGhlIEdvb2QgRGllIFlvdW5nXCIgYXQgRmFybSBBaWQgaW4gQ2hhbXBhaWduLCBJbGxpbm9pcyBvbiBTZXB0ZW1iZXIgMjIsIDE5ODUgYWNjb21wYW5pZWQgb24gcGlhbm8gYnkgUmFuZHkgTmV3bWFuLiBBIHBlcmZvcm1hbmNlIGZyb20gdGhlIGZpcnN0IEZhcm0gQWlkIGJlbmVmaXQgY29uY2VydC4gV2lsbGllIE5lbHNvbiwgTmVpbCBZb3VuZyBhbmQgSm9obiBNZWxsZW5jYW1wIGZvdW5kZWQgRmFybSBBaWQgYW5kIHNlcnZlIG9uIHRoZSBib2FyZCBvZiBkaXJlY3RvcnMuIFRoZSB0aHJlZSBhZ3JlZWQgdGhhdCBmYW1pbHkgZmFybWVycyB3ZXJlIGluIGRpcmUgLi4u&shhk=TBFDd7YHGxP%2FaB5OgcXSSOCbhUNG5%2BFC%2BUta1uvHmmM%3D&shth=OVP.qFNAG-_Qp8MPoWmORBGXoQHgFo
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Fair is fair - if they're going to remove other books for "adult themes' then they need to remove the Bible. It's all or nothing...don't censor some things and not censor others.
Also there's no "attack" on Christianity of any form in the US. No Christians in the US are persecuted - you just aren't the majority anymore.
Also there's no "attack" on Christianity of any form in the US. No Christians in the US are persecuted - you just aren't the majority anymore.
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