'Nontheistic' nonprofit calls for Bible ban in Leon Co., FL schools, citing Moms for Liberty efforts
Related: FFRF: Leon Co. (Fla.) school district must ban bibles next (Freedom from Religion Foundation)
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Source: Tallahassee Democrat
'Nontheistic' nonprofit calls for Bible ban in Leon schools, citing Moms for Liberty efforts
Alaijah Brown
Tallahassee Democrat
Published 5:13 a.m. ET July 18, 2023 | Updated 2:51 p.m. ET July 18, 2023
The Freedom from Religion Foundation, which describes itself as a nontheistic nonprofit, is giving Leon County School District an ultimatum: Ban the Bible or stop banning books altogether.
In an email sent to school board members on July 14, Freedom from Religion foundation piled onto a recent successful effort by the local chapter of conservative group Moms for Liberty to pull five books found in Leon County high schools.
"We are disturbed that the district has chosen to start removing books from school libraries based oncontent taken out of context at the request of extremist groups like Moms for Liberty," foundation Staff Attorney Christopher Line said in the published email to the district.
Following prodding from Moms for Liberty Leon chapter, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna announced on July 10 that five books would be removed from high school libraries.
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Read more: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2023/07/18/leon-schools-told-to-ban-bible-after-banning-books-for-moms-for-liberty/70420067007/
Non-paywalled link: https://news.yahoo.com/nontheistic-nonprofit-calls-bible-ban-091349705.html
