A Florida school committee has voted to keep the Holy Bible on the shelves of the district’s libraries after a local atheist activist complained the book was “too sensitive or controversial” for a typical classroom due to sexual and violent content.
The Superintendent’s Review Committee of Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) voted unanimously to keep the Bible in school libraries, according to the Sun Sentinel. The outlet reported the district was responding to a state law that allows anyone who lives in the county of the school district to file a challenge.
Protesters against Chaz Stevens’ complaint attended the board meeting. Some even held up signs in support of the Bible outside of the meeting at the district’s administration center in Fort Lauderdale.
“It is important for world studies. I believe the Bible should be on the shelf. I also think the Torah and Quran should on shelves as well, especially in high schools,” retired district librarian and now committee member Elaine Aaron told the Sun Sentinel. “Students need the materials to make their own decisions.”
Florida state law allows school districts to offer “a secular program of education including, but not limited to, an objective study of the Bible and
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