The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides

Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel

The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides

Angie DiMichele, South Florida Sun Sentinel
Wed, July 19, 2023 at 10:51 PM EDT·7 min read

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The request to remove the Bible in Palm Beach County schools began with Rabbi Barry Silver in April. His repeated requests to the Olympic Heights Community High School principal and Superintendent Michael Burke failed, leading him to a final effort before School Board members Wednesday afternoon.

The board decided unanimously with practically no discussion that the Bible will remain on schools’ shelves.

In the hour-long special meeting, just over a dozen people showed up to vehemently support keeping the Bible or to opine about the slippery slope that is banning books — any book — in schools. About half spoke strongly in opposition to Silver’s request, emphasizing American, “Judeo-Christian values,” quoting from the books of Genesis and Revelation and the Founding Fathers and reciting the nation’s motto, “In God we trust.”

The others largely echoed Silver’s message, that if other books are banned for alleged sexually explicit or age-inappropriate content, then the Bible should be treated equally.

Silver challenged the book on the grounds that it included “graphic accounts” of violence and rape, ...

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