Texas approves Bible passages as required reading in public schools
Take Texas to court. You can't force your warped religious beliefs on another full stop, Texas mandates Bible readings and Christian-infused curriculum in public schools. www.salon.com/2026/06/27/t...
nydeliveryguy.bsky.social30Good thing I don’t have kids in Texas
Monkey. D. Skirata29Freedom of religion includes freedom FROM religion. Never trust or respect anyone who believes any of that nonsense.
Dan Punday22This is terrible, of course. But I can't help but imagine a bunch of sarcastic teenagers being forced to discuss the bible in a non-religious context. "So, what did the lions eat on Noah's arc"? "After the flood, were they just vegetarians until the gazelle population got back up to speed?"
Grampa Jody20As a former teacher, I wouldn’t have done it.
Cathy Johnson20I'm giving money to whoever files the suit. Plus, they keep saying the Old Testament is "Christian scripture," which is not exactly fair attribution to Moses et al.
EASTMAN12The religious right believes that humans walked with dinosaurs and that there was a talking serpent. They believe a man built a boat that could hold two of every living thing, and that a man lived three days inside the belly of a great fish… But they don’t believe that Donald Trump is a pedophile.
Paul Muad'Dib7When god starts attending some zoom calls, I will start attending church. Our fear of death is so strong we worship an invisible angry pissed off dude above us, all the while we rape and defile the loving goddess earth that we stand upon in below us. We are broken. :(
bryanguarderas.bsky.social5Texas has zero business trying to shove Christianity down the throats of k-12 students. The first amendment of the constitution clearly says “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. This will face legal challenges for sure.
David3Imagine instead, we taught them math, science, critical thinking, financial management, empathy, cooperation, collaboration, music, cooking, art and kindness.
CCDude8 🏳️🌈 🌊3@satanicchurchnet.bsky.social I know y'all gonna sue, right?
annenews3I would organize a lawsuit if i Lived there. Religious mandates do NOT belong in public schools—in fact any school wanting to produce tolerant students would avoid favoring any one religion! Period!
Marcia Geotsalitis ❌️👑2Absolutely not. Bible-thumpers are out of control. I don't begrudge their believing in any God they want to - despite their fixation in using Jesus' name for their hateful antithetical to Christianity actions. I do not want every child in America indictrinated into their hypocritical belief system!
Michael D2And the man who is likely to be Texas’ next Senator has publicly violated 3 of the 10 Commandments. 😂
@luvnfiction2Unless it is a course on mythology, no religion should be taught on school.
If there’s one book Texas schools don’t need more of, it’s the Bible.
Claude the Irregular Dragon (TM)22Texas needs a book titled "How to not shoot yourself in the foot every election by voting Republican." For Dummies.
pillsbury15reading the ten commandments in church hasn’t made Christians good people, why would it work in schools?
Money Is Fake10I disagree. If there’s one thing the world needs more of, it’s atheists. And the fastest way I know to create more atheists is to encourage people to read the damn Bible.
💙💙💙💙bluegirl559There is a school for Bible studies. It is called church and Sunday school.
gertrude1907.bsky.social7Rather than the 10 commandments, post the Bill of Rights in all classrooms.
Janeen1237Keep religion out of SCHOOLS! USA is not one religion.
Starchild01 (starflake02)2🙄 they need some atheists to explain what it means.
JoAnne2Oh I don't know--if they promised to read and LIVE BY --THE NEW TESTAMENT.... Seriously --I continue to be amazed that the Constitution means so little in so many places--not the least of which is the current Supreme Court.
Shannon The Sasquatch2Probably there will be at least some teachers who will read bible passages, as required, but through various lenses, I.e. a work of fiction or along with verses from other religions as part of a larger unit. Teaching the bible in school may not have the effect they are hoping.
The Texas State Board of Education just voted to make reading Bible passages mandatory in public schools statewide. This isn’t just pure fascism, it’s MAGA’s version of Sharia Law.
Beth7I am in Texas. If bible stories are mandatory we must make fairy tales mandatory
MadGreek 🧿7Texas. I feel sorry for the kids. This is child abuse. You are screwing with them at an early age. Indoctrination. Brainwashing. You want them to be like you.
Andre L. Rocher7They can start with Ezekiel 23:20
LesnielBC 🇨🇦🇩🇰6I’d like to see mandatory passages read from the “Lord of the Rings” or “The Silmarillian”. All three are works of fiction
djpgreen.bsky.social5Who has filed the lawsuit already...
Bill Wong 5#Texas teaches #Religion in the guise of "Bible stories". Which Bible they use shows the endorsement of a particular Religion. Hebrew[Tanahk] Bible 24 books Catholic Bible 73 Protestant Bible 66 What #Texas uses will show their prejudices and bias.
The same Republicans who scream “indoctrination” and “grooming” just forced 5 million Texas kids to read the King James Bible in public school. Not the Torah. Not the Quran. One religion, chosen by the state. That is the actual definition of indoctrination. #ChurchAndState
Sad Eyed Lady10Then they should also read the Quran, The Bhagavad Gita, The Tao Te Ching, The Avesta, The Guru Granth Sahib, The Dhammapada, The Book of Mormon, The Tripitaka, The Talmud, The Upanishads, The Vedas, The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Hadith, The Zend-Avesta, The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (continued in comment)
Tim Murphy9The courts are going to be busy!
welkinatdusk.bsky.social7The same people that wipe their asses with the 10 Commandments and love to fuck children.
Butterflies Katz ⓥ6Texas is the WORST state. Last to free slaves, first to choose one religion over others, which is in the first amendment - that we should not do in America.
Kimbee🍸6665Separate #ChurchAndState Now! Keep your religion in your pants! #Texas
Ben Kenobi's Beard5The people screaming about "no sharia law" sure are sliding right into it.
Brett Nicholson4I give thank every day that my kids all graduated from TX high schools years before this totally illegal nonsense became this pronounced and disgusting.
Aldous J Pennyfarthing "Pedal or Perish"4Hypocrisy is bigger in Texas. It's almost like they don't understand the separation of church and state thing.
Cathy3since math and science are too hard, we will just teach them lies.
Texas will require kids to read bible stories in school and I’m all for the literacy skills built by reading fiction but maybe they could include some other books too?
Incestuous Amoeba5-17 Patriot Points™️ have been deducted from your Patriot Pass®️
Julie Morris of the Auntifa Morrises4Parents better be allowed to opt their kids out. This is a First Amendment violation otherwise.
Amorphous3I hope they read the one where a bear mauls some kids for calling a guy Baldy.
drkeenerj.bsky.social3Oh, if I was a teacher in Texas, they would not like how I would teach bible stories. “Let me tell you a story about how god once commanded a man to kill his own son….just to test his loyalty.”
bodacious952No, they want the kids to believe in fairy tales
Itisme2I would be the parent that would tell my kid to question everything and then ask the teacher why they assumed everyone was Christian. Then ask when are we reading other religious texts because the kid wants a well rounded religious studies education.
This is gonna be Canada if don’t stop the Alberta bullshit Texas will require Bible stories in public schools after the State Board of Education approved a mandatory reading list Friday alongside a rewrite of K-8 social studies lessons that minimize racial, geographic and cultural diversity.
Ann T. Social3The secessionists poll at about 20 percent of the province. Plenty of us normal Canadians here.
stargoddessmama.bsky.social2Texas exile here, this isn’t new in Texas. It’s just new knowledge outside of the state now. Texas fought desegregating schools until the 1970’s and many rural districts have never severed ties with prayer in schools.
Colorado Public Education Watch2An organization called Civics Alliance has been pushing it in several States. Pls read coloradopubliceducationwatch.org/2026/03/06/t...
Aphonia2Yes. Europe and US typically 10 or 15 years ahead of us for various reasons but very much coming. We need to appreciate our country and defend it. People who hate democracy never reap the consequences. They benefit.
It's JanieB1Time to bring out Baphomet and require equal time...
squeek-king.bsky.social1Texas students won't be getting into prestigious universities soon. The Buybull is the greatest lie ever told.
Active accounts from the week. Two separate packs. This week we need to keep our eyes on Texas. Requiring Bible study in public schools is unconstitutional. go.bsky.app/6ih8gw3
Patrick Ogle3In the modern world...Bible stories seem ridiculous anyway....but i cannot see how this isnt unconstitutional.
Jeffrey49 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇦3I sure hope Texas will teach: Ezekiel 23:20 describes a woman who "lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys & whose emission was like that of horses." This passage uses vivid imagery to convey themes of lust and infidelity Deut 22:28-29 If a man seizes lies with a virgin..
DianneSpiritlight3I heard this on the news that the Christian nationalist are demanding that children in public schools must learn their beliefs. We all know that religion is not supposed to be involved with the state in any way,especially in public education.There are many religions and we must respect them all.
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airjelly3Some will consider a Christian education as more indoctrination to fascist nationalism, and zero tolerance of any other point of views. When I had to go to a Christian high school interestingly most of the children were in against their will and asked a act of desperation from parents.
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DanelleK2The most important thing we can do to restore our democracy is to get money out of politics. The second most important thing (by a whisker) is to get religion out of government. The third most important thing we can do is get schooling out of home. Thank you for including me, Randy.
Kids in school in Texas, wait until you read these stories from the Bible. It will haunt you for ever. God did some fucked up things! So glad my kid is not in school in Texas. No way would I allow this. Bible reading mandatory. Fuck that. www.letterstojosep.com/2018/12/31/4...
SAM7Schools should not study theocracy.
Dazzle3Yes, the headlines really should be "Texas mandates that school kids are to read the parts of the bible that work for the right wing administration"
granny off her meds3Fascist policy - Hitler was a Christian who did same thing to control Hitler Youth: #trump #bible #forcedchristianity #jewish #muslim #publicschools #texas #dallas #austin #houston #maga #republicans #democrats #whitehouse #religion #fakechristians #fascism #christians #incest #christiannationalism
patknitter4552.bsky.social3When I was a kid in a one room school in Mo, we had a "missionary" who would come in once a week with her feltboard and tell us Bible stories. One of the reasons I'm an atheist today. Those stories were scary and usually really stupid.
Conscientious Ice🧊3We teach everything in the black church.
FeedMeHoney💙🍯🐝🇺🇦 📎3If the bible was not the bible, they would ban it for content.
Texas becomes the first state to require students to read the Bible in public schools. “There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." - Ezekiel 23:20
AbiGezunt7So, is the Bible about to be a banned book in Texas?
Phil Yabut5Will they get to Genesis 19:30-38? Incest is best!
nathan-ramsey13.bsky.social4This is fucked! No slavery but complete bullshit! These people are psychotic sociopaths not a bit of god in them scumbags
suzanneelaine4You know, we just might up those reading scores, after all!
patty @enchanted1956.bsky.social 🦋3that’s gonna be something to hear third graders reciting 🙊
Fifthcolumnblue2I'm sure it's just MAGA attempting to wean US kids off PornHub, which is evil because it's Canadian 🙃
The Texas education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible passages, widening conservative efforts to push Christian teachings in U.S. classrooms. https://to.pbs.org/43YIFy0
furryninja.bsky.social16The more you force beliefs on children, the less they believe what you say.
🌸🐱🐭🌸 🖇️10Fanciful stories of rape and murder I guess is totally acceptable in Texas!!
sunalwaysrises.bsky.social10I guess vouchers weren’t enough. I can’t stand the GOP who claim to be all about family values. Cheaters and liars with zero integrity but yeah, the Bible.
Uncle Don6I hope they read the part about adulterers.
Funny how they know so many bible passages, yet the don’t care one inkling about “love thy neighbor”.
Doug5I'm old enough to remember when the GOP called itself the party of small government.
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Áine ☽𖤐☾2Be a bitch & teach it only in Navajo, or something else.
I guess Texans have never heard of "Abingdon School District v Schempp" 374 U.S. 203 (1963),a landmark Supreme Court case in which the Court decided 8–1 that school-sponsored Bible reading was unconstitutional. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ray Fontaine3Every pastor in the state should message the state to stay out of religious issues, do not presume the apostolic function and keep your mits off of children for whom you have no religious authority and stop asserting knowledge that you do not and cannot have.
Cats Are Better Than Men Because2They know that this SCOTUS is not above reversing the decisions of earlier courts, and going against the constitution.
Tom Dollar1Most red states have no understanding of the constitution.
Merluzo1Maybe for starters, the passage about the sisters who got their father drunk in order to have sex with him.
Karen A. Virus1Oh, I’m sure they have. They just want to challenge it so Trump’s SCOTUS will create a loophole in the 1A’s establishment clause.
robdotcole.bsky.social1You think the SC won't reverse that? Just watch, the law won't go unchallenged and bingo! another guard rail removed
If you’re a Christian genuinely wondering why it’s bad for the state of Texas to require Bible study in public schools, imagine how you’d feel if your family lived in New York City and Mamdani required Quran study in public schools.
Amy Joy4Or if it was your High School driving instructor (for example) who was charged with teaching the Bible to your kids.
Jennifer Lee 🪁3There is a reason there are so many denominations of Christianity. I don’t see how they can teach the bible without making Christians mad too.
piskyinpresbyland.bsky.social1More persuasively, perhaps consider that teaching kids something in school is going to make it less attractive, not more. Look at the countries where the church took a big hand in public education (because no separation of church and state) and see how well Christianity is doing there now.
jimmbuzz.bsky.social1In Texas they require bible study as part of english literature. The Quran would do just as well for that.
Yastreblyansky8Unfortunately Christian nationalists don't even see a contradiction. In their minds, the US is a Christian country, full stop. Besides, they would never raise children in a godless town like New York.
Stacia Seaman2Alternatively, imagine teaching Luke's version of the Beatitudes alongside Matthew's, thus adding: But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Teaching the Bible as written can be subversive in the right hands.
The Texas State Board of Education has voted to require Bible reading in the curriculum for public school students. This is the Sharia Law that MAGA has been warning us about—a faux ‘Christian’ mandate to control people’s viewpoints. It’s utterly terrifying and reprehensible.
Sloan Ashton45The 1797 Treaty of Tripoli (ratified unanimously by the Senate under John Adams) states: “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” The United States was founded as a republic with religious liberty, not a Christian theocracy.
silenceredux.bsky.social6Send your kids to a private church run school if you want this shit.
The RedRoach5I thought we said no to sharia law in Texas?
ᓚᘏᗢ Lily ᗢᘏᓗ1I'd like to know which class will be teaching that no God exists or ever has, it all was created for power and control. @ffrf.org
Bjking1Also illegal I would hope…
Cathy1They pick out a piece of ridiculousness that they would like to use to control or condemn their neighbor, but choose to ignore the other piece of ridiculousness in there that could be used against them. We will use the Bible to control women and gays but ignore that stoning the adulterer part.
Lots of people mad about Texas reaching the Bible in schools. But how else are these kids gonna learn that if you make fun of me for being bald, i will call down a curse from heaven and a she-bear will maul you and your snot-nosed friends?
