Texas approves Bible passages as required reading in public schools
If there’s one book Texas schools don’t need more of, it’s the Bible.
Claude the Irregular Dragon (TM)16Texas needs a book titled "How to not shoot yourself in the foot every election by voting Republican." For Dummies.
pillsbury11reading the ten commandments in church hasn’t made Christians good people, why would it work in schools?
💙💙💙💙bluegirl557There is a school for Bible studies. It is called church and Sunday school.
Money Is Fake7I 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.
gertrude1907.bsky.social6Rather than the 10 commandments, post the Bill of Rights in all classrooms.
Janeen1234Keep 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 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
Tim Murphy8The 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.
Ben Kenobi's Beard5The people screaming about "no sharia law" sure are sliding right into it.
Kimbee🍸6664Separate #ChurchAndState Now! Keep your religion in your pants! #Texas
Some California Dude4They should not rely on translators. Students should be required to read the originals in ancient Greek
Cathy3since math and science are too hard, we will just teach them lies.
Brett Nicholson3I 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"3Hypocrisy is bigger in Texas. It's almost like they don't understand the separation of church and state thing.
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 🙃
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"
Conscientious Ice🧊3We teach everything in the black church.
Disobey immoral orders; defy corrupt presidents3I got as far as Genesis and decided "God" deserved contempt. It was a short trip to disbelief, and relief, that such a monster didn't hold sway over our lives. I was 7 years old. Even if that "God" existed, how could you not hate a being so cruel?
Fat Gandalf2He brings us love and sunshine, as well as giving AIDS to babies... #GodAwful
patknitter4552.bsky.social2When 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.
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.
🌸🐱🐭🌸 🖇️9Fanciful stories of rape and murder I guess is totally acceptable in Texas!!
sunalwaysrises.bsky.social9I 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”.
Doug4I'm old enough to remember when the GOP called itself the party of small government.
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 Ashton44The 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.
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.
Texas’ State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a list of required readings for K-12 students that includes Bible stories, drawing criticism from faith and religious freedom groups.
