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https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/us/texas-schools-bible-curriculum-voteTexas is poised to require millions of students to study Bible stories
By Elizabeth Wolfe
Texas is on the verge of mandating more than 5 million of its public school students to study Bible stories, as the state emerges as a leader in a national conservative effort to infuse Christian teachings into American classrooms.
The majority-Republican Texas State Board of Education is expected to vote Friday to pass a measure that would establish Biblical childrens stories and Bible verses as required reading in its K-12 curriculum.
Many of its students are already familiar with at least some Christian teachings: Texas last year became the largest state to require classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, a law recently upheld in federal court.
The new list of required titles would include a picture-book adaptation of the David and Goliath story for elementary students and Bible passages about Adam and Eve for older students, among other references.
At the same meeting, the school board will take up a vote to rewrite the states social studies curriculum, focusing more on Texas and US history and deemphasizing some teachings about global history and cultures. The change would eliminate a sixth grade World Cultures course and significantly expand lessons on communism.
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Lovie777
(24,512 posts)freedom of religion. The European immigrants fled their country for a new world for it, thereafter, Europe created a sanctuary to oust their criminals.
King of England proclaimed the new world - commonwealth that he could govern plus $$$$$ factor too.
History repeating itself again. Rinse and repeat.
sinkingfeeling
(58,238 posts)Jacson6
(2,322 posts)Ponietz
(4,609 posts)They censor as much from the Bible as they try to force feed others.
Johnny2X2X
(24,593 posts)And they told me I had to pick bible stories to teach, I would pick the most brutal and sadistic passages in the bible. Kids would be going home and telling their parents how today they learned about how god commanded genocide, rape, and pedophilia.
JPK
(1,015 posts)Could deliciously backfire on Texas.
czarjak
(13,755 posts)Mormon's, maybe? They just love them some New Testament.
Vogon_Glory
(10,428 posts)And the writers and designers for these classes will studiously ignore what the Man from Nazareth and the Old Testament prophets had to say about corruption and the uncaring rich who either ignored the poor and ailing in their midst or persecuted them.
And as for the passages about proper behavior towards foreign travelers and immigrants, THOSE passages will be edited out before the first hard copy is bound together.
EDIT: For grins, folks, look up Ezekiel chapter 16, verses 49 and 50.
The sort of thing just begging for the DELETE button. YOU BETCHA!
Buckeyeblue
(6,486 posts)lastlib
(28,837 posts)...that it needs the help of the legislature.....They really should get a better god.