Tag: Censorship
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Demand is made to ban the Book of Mormon after Bibles were removed from some schools in Utah
IN MAY, 2022, Utah wrote into law House Bill 374, which sought to remove “sensitive materials” from from schools and school libraries, Soon after, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) reported that Utah had been “hit hard” with a flurry of book challenges. It is no surprise that graphic novels like Fun Home, Flamer, and Gender Queer are among…
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Holocaust school text books are the latest to fall foul of Florida’s anti-education laws
GOVERNOR Ron DeSantis’s administration’s crackdown on “woke” teaching and “indoctrination” took a worrying new turn when it was reported that two new Holocaust textbooks have been rejected, and another— The Hebrew Bible— was compelled to alter a passage. Modern Genocides was rejected, in part, for its discussion of “special topics” prohibited by the state. The…
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School, ridiculed over Michelango’s David, has a strong Christian ethos
“OH my giddy aunt!” I exclaimed after I read reports that Hope Carrasquilla, inset, had recently been forced to resign from her position of principal at Tallahassee Classical School for featuring an image of Michelangelo’s “pornographic” sculpture of David during a lesson. Media across the globe seized on the story, and made the public school…
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Acclaimed novel prompted Florida teacher to start a campaign against ‘objectionable’ school books
Screenshot of Vicki Baggett via Facebook/Studio 850 When meddling Vicki Baggett, an English teacher at Northview High School in Florida, began whining about the acclaimed The Perks of Being a Wallflower, little did she realise there would be a blowback that includes allegations that she’s a racist who opposes interracial marriage for biblical reasons. Last…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 