Florida Atheist Petitions to Ban the Bible in Miami-Dade and Broward Schools - [miaminewtimes.com]
Yet another typical conservative double standard at play. Why not ban, what is possibly the most violent and racists book of all? People should know that the bibles in hotels are not the property of the hotel but the Gideon's society. Therefore, they are free to take and dispose of as one wishes. FFRF have stickers for this book of violence and fiction.
The big question is why would there be a bible in public schools. The old answer that it was "used as a weekly reader" a long time ago does not count. The bible has no more reason to be in public schools than porn movies do.
@TheMiddleWay . . . NO book ?
@TheMiddleWay "'Hoopla serves more than 3,000 library systems and is in more than 8,500 public libraries across the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Hoopla allows library users to check out ebooks from their personal devices. All anyone needs to explore Hoopla’s ebook catalog is a registered public library card. Hoopla is one of a few major ebook vendors libraries use to ensure library-goers have access to digital content. But unlike other services like Overdrive, which lets librarians order individual ebooks, Hoopla only sells ebook subscriptions, meaning that libraries have little choice over what titles they're getting from the service."
@TheMiddleWay If a librarian's job isn't too curate what is available in the library, what is their job?
Curation is not censorship. It's signal vs noise.
Government resources are not infinite.
@TheMiddleWay . . . your 'librarian' is a government employee, beholden to the government paycheck.
Since public school libraries are limited, plenty of books are ALREADY banned/curated, sometimes by librarians/parents/principals/school boards.
The Constitution 'bans' religion from government (i.e. public schools). The atheist wants that enforced (IMO, everyone should want that).
Are you really advocating that anti-vax, climate denier, holocast denier, conspiracy theory books ALL be supported by public schools (even elementary schools) ?
@TheMiddleWay Court cases are decided, NOT 'proven'.
These days, CT is less-than-prevalent in public schools, especially elementary schools (Texas removed it altogether).
"'you need access" -- public school(s) are not the only 'access'.
I doubt that librarians/parents/principals/school boards agree with the notion that using taxpayer dollars for those books means they aren't being supported.
Don't believe in banning anything or being against anything.. These are just words or fiction or not or things we can allow to harm or not.. Although I think all businesses and services all have a freedom of choice what they want to stock. Put the Bible in the fantasy section of- Sheep Herders guild to the Universe.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.