Progressive org demands school district ban the Bible after it banned other “obscene” books

Gutenberg Bible on display at the New York Public Library
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is demanding that a Colorado school district ban the Bible based on the same criteria that led the district to ban three books for “inappropriate sexual and violent content.”

The national nonprofit organization, which advocates for the separation of church and state, made the request last week in support of a parent in Academy School District 20 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In May, the school district authorized principals to remove three books, including the novel Push by Sapphire, from school library shelves after an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative group, Advocates for D20 Kids, requested they be banned for “obscene” content. In response, a concerned parent in the district requested that the Bible be removed from school libraries based on the same criteria.

In a June 22 letter to Academy School District 20 superintendent Tom Gregory, FFRF staff attorney Chris Line cited numerous examples of violent and sexually explicit Bible passages. Line described the Bible as “the single-most weaponized piece of writing on the planet, responsible for unjust wars, genocide, anti-semitism, violent extremism, subjugation of women and pervasive racism.”

FFRF requested that the district “either…

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