The Miami New Times reports:
Since July of 2021, more than 200 books have been banned in various school districts across Florida, the state with the third-highest number of school book banning incidents in the U.S. With that in mind, local political stunt activist Chaz Stevens of Deerfield Beach has taken it upon himself to add another book to the lengthy list: the Bible.
This week, in letters sent to superintendents in eight school districts in Florida — including Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) and Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) — Stevens, an avowed atheist, petitions the districts to ban the Christian Bible from classrooms and libraries, citing its inclusion of inappropriate topics.
Stevens cites age inappropriateness, social-emotional learning, mentions of bestiality and rape, and “wokeness” as reasons to ban the Bible. Each reason is accompanied by a corresponding Bible excerpt.
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Stevens first appeared on JMG in 2013 when his Pabst Blue Ribbon beer cans Festivus pole went on display in the Florida Capitol.
We heard from him again in 2015 when he applied to place a rainbow Festivus pole topped with a mirror ball at the Arkansas Capitol.
Also in 2015, he was approved to place a similar rainbow Festivus pole at the Florida Capitol.
Stevens has fought to have “Satanic prayers” included among Christian invocations at county commission meetings.
An atheist in Florida finally introduced a formal petition to ban the Bible in some schools. And the logic makes perfect sense: if you’re going to ban books for having adult/inappropriate content, you have to start with the Bible, which has rape, slavery, genocide, and much more.
— David G. McAfee (@DavidGMcAfee) April 23, 2022
As Florida is ramping up its book banning push — going so far as to ban “woke” math texts in schools, a South Florida atheist wants to add another book to the ban pile: The Christian Biblehttps://t.co/D1IXV1051w
— Joshua Ceballos (@JoshCeb) April 22, 2022