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there's a gay teen who ripped out some Bible pages
as a kind of protest against anti-gay bigotry
and he's been suspended by his school in Texas Huffington Post wrote about this
the American Humanist Association formally sent a complaint
to Birdville Independent School District in Texas
saying that this young man's first amendment rights have been violated
he his last name is Smith he is gay he is Christian
he says he was told time after time it's cool that being gay is a sin and that
gays go to hell
and as a kind a form of protest he brought his own Bible into school
and he ripped out some pages from Leviticus which is the portion that
contains
a very popular verse that anti-gay bigots like to use
and he was sent down to the principal's office
he was told that he can continue carrying around his ripped Bible
but he can't tear any more pages out he shouldn't do that
then eventually he was brought back down
about the Bible ripping to the principal's office and he was asked
how would muslims feel if a student was tearing up the koran
he was then suspended for three days has Bible confiscated
according to the letter first divall when is
since when is how Muslims would feel criteria for anything in Texas schools
that seems like a weird
barometer to me but further there is now
the ACLU is involved the American Humanist Association is involved in
there saying listen you either have to you
I allow students to do what they want with their books
or you have to ban all religious books from the school period
but this really seems like you are specifically hand picking this because
it is the Christian Bible
and because it is this stuff about homosexuality it is his book
right Luis Soto we can have one of two scenarios
if the policy is that you can carry
religious texts you can carry them regardless if ripped pages if they are
yours
however if the policy is you can't carry religious taxed
there should be no Bibles at all in the school I don't see that happening
anytime soon
now I and II don't understand how someone kinetic
get reprimanded arm or
suspended for destroying their own personal property in a way that harms
nobody hates
pretty amazing what's happening here