Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible

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Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible​

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.

For example, 10th graders would read “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, and “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri. Among other texts, they would also read the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” speech; Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven”; Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy for Mr. Reagan; and an excerpt from the Book of Job.

Students would be required to read a Bible excerpt at most grade levels, starting in elementary school.

Excerpts included “The Necessity of Humility” by the Gospel of Luke and “To Everything There is a Season” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In middle and high school, Bible selections were included in thematic units along with a book. For example, the “Definition of Love,” from First Corinthians, would be taught alongside “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen in 12th grade.


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Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.
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Cypress said:

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible​

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.

For example, 10th graders would read “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, and “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri. Among other texts, they would also read the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” speech; Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven”; Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy for Mr. Reagan; and an excerpt from the Book of Job.

Students would be required to read a Bible excerpt at most grade levels, starting in elementary school.

Excerpts included “The Necessity of Humility” by the Gospel of Luke and “To Everything There is a Season” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In middle and high school, Bible selections were included in thematic units along with a book. For example, the “Definition of Love,” from First Corinthians, would be taught alongside “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen in 12th grade.


www.nytimes.com

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Only a democrat would find problem with that. Perhaps you would approve of something of something Senatorial candidate Platner (D) wrote instead?
 
Sailor said:
Only a democrat would find problem with that. Perhaps you would approve of something of something Senatorial candidate Platner (D) wrote instead?
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They don't complain when kids read books like these in school, do they?

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Cypress said:

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible​

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.

For example, 10th graders would read “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, and “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri. Among other texts, they would also read the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” speech; Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven”; Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy for Mr. Reagan; and an excerpt from the Book of Job.

Students would be required to read a Bible excerpt at most grade levels, starting in elementary school.

Excerpts included “The Necessity of Humility” by the Gospel of Luke and “To Everything There is a Season” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In middle and high school, Bible selections were included in thematic units along with a book. For example, the “Definition of Love,” from First Corinthians, would be taught alongside “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen in 12th grade.


www.nytimes.com

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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It’s Texas, not surprising
 
Cypress said:

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible​

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.

For example, 10th graders would read “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, and “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri. Among other texts, they would also read the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” speech; Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven”; Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy for Mr. Reagan; and an excerpt from the Book of Job.

Students would be required to read a Bible excerpt at most grade levels, starting in elementary school.

Excerpts included “The Necessity of Humility” by the Gospel of Luke and “To Everything There is a Season” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In middle and high school, Bible selections were included in thematic units along with a book. For example, the “Definition of Love,” from First Corinthians, would be taught alongside “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen in 12th grade.


www.nytimes.com

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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The NYT is hyperventilating over nothing.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
The NYT is hyperventilating over nothing.
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The headline simplifies but does not distort: students will be required to engage with Bible content as part of the curriculum.

It doesn't claim they'll read the full Bible cover-to-cover or that it's the only thing required—context in the thread and article makes that clear.

Headlines often emphasize the most newsworthy or controversial angle (here, the Bible in public schools), which is standard journalistic practice.

~Grok
 
Cypress said:

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible​

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.

For example, 10th graders would read “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, and “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri. Among other texts, they would also read the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” speech; Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven”; Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy for Mr. Reagan; and an excerpt from the Book of Job.

Students would be required to read a Bible excerpt at most grade levels, starting in elementary school.

Excerpts included “The Necessity of Humility” by the Gospel of Luke and “To Everything There is a Season” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In middle and high school, Bible selections were included in thematic units along with a book. For example, the “Definition of Love,” from First Corinthians, would be taught alongside “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen in 12th grade.


www.nytimes.com

Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible

Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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This can't be legal? I hope some lawsuits are already in the works?!! What about agnostics and atheists and non-Christian religions?!!
Who the hell do these people think they are shoving their religious beliefs down the throat of others?!!
 
Diogenes said:
The headline simplifies but does not distort: students will be required to engage with Bible content as part of the curriculum.

It doesn't claim they'll read the full Bible cover-to-cover or that it's the only thing required—context in the thread and article makes that clear.

Headlines often emphasize the most newsworthy or controversial angle (here, the Bible in public schools), which is standard journalistic practice.

~Grok
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So? The content isn't religious per se, but rather more of a moral and philosophical nature. That has value outside of any religious context. I suppose they could include such passages from other religions such as Buddhism or Hindi, but I think those are pretty obscure for most Americans. Islam on the other hand, doesn't really have a lot to offer in that respect.
 
MAGA "Christians" love this stuff.

But when it comes to actual love & compassion, many fall short. I.e. - how's about that recent SCOTUS ruling that might send hard-working Haitians and their families back to one of the more dangerous countries in the world? MAGA's seemed pretty giddy about that, right?

What does that ol' Bible say about welcoming foreigners again?
 
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