Clever Activist Uses Republicans' Logic Against Them To Get Bible Banned From Schools

A clever activist in Florida has filed a complaint to get the Bible banned from schools in the state. In order to accomplish this, the activist is using the GOP's own logic against them and claiming that the Bible is "too woke" for schools. Citing issues like bestiality, incest, and the repercussions of slavery, the activist says that the book goes against the new Florida "Stop WOKE Act," and therefore shouldn't be allowed in schools. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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A very clever activist in the state of Florida, by the name of Chaz Stevens has actually filed a complaint with his county, arguing that the Bible should not be taught in schools, shouldn't even be allowed in schools of course, because it's just too darn woke under the standards that Florida Republicans have now put in place in the state. So far, the state has banned over 200 books from our school systems here in the state of Florida because, you know, they're, they're too woke. It's part of their stop woke act is what it's called. You know, you can't talk about gender issues. You can't talk about sexuality. You can't talk about sex. You can't talk about race. You can't talk about slavery. And do you know where you can find all of those things uncensored? The Bible. And that is exactly what Stevens is arguing in his complaint.

It's got beastiality. It's got slavery. It's got the repercussions of slavery. It's got incest. It's got all of these horrible things that you have literally in the state of Florida banned other books for containing. But this book, the Bible, you got no problem with that. Kids could learn some awful things from that book. Let me read this from Stevens. With the constant concerns about teaching critical race theory, should we not take stock of the Bible's position on slavery? I am concerned our young white students will read such pass, passages and wake up to civilization's sorted past. I wish to file such an objection requesting the Miami Dade county public school system immediately remove the Bible from the classroom library and any instructional material. If they're gonna ban books, then the whole library should be in play. My hope and it's a long shot, is that they will apply their own standards to themselves and ban the Bible. And I do like that he mentions like, look, I know it's a long shot and we all know it's a long shot.

We know Republicans are not going to do this. However, this is what happens when they put standards like this in place. You know, this is kind of the slippery slope, right, that we've always warned about, you know, when you get things like censorship. It always starts to go a little too far and eventually most of these things do end up backfiring on individuals. And I do think that Stevens has a very good case to be made here in front of the state. Not just the Miami Dade county, you know, public schools, but in front of the entire state. Make these people defend it, make them explain why the, the beastiality, the incest, the rape, the slavery, all of that in the Bible is okay, but it's not okay in another book. Make them explain that to the public. You may not win that fight, but you're gonna open some people's eyes and sometimes that's the best that you can hope for. Is that maybe a handful of people, maybe a couple dozen people open their eyes and realize how ridiculous this legislation is here in the state of Florida. It's worth a shot. And at least Chaz Stevens is doing something about it to point out how ridiculous these Florida laws have truly become.