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In reply to the discussion: Oklahoma's school chief required Bibles in class and one seemed to meet the criteria - endorsed by Trump [View all]ShazzieB
(18,678 posts)Leaving aside the issue of how inappropriate it is to require that the Bible be taught in public schools, this is a laughably transparent political stunt.
The reason so few Bibles fit the "requirements" that Walters pulled out of his posterior is that the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution are not part of the Bible, and have nothing to do with the contents of that book. These are gratuitously unnecessary extras that have no part in teaching anyone about the Bible, and have only been added to a few editions by publishers hoping to cash in on the "patriotism" of unsuspecting suckers who are willing to pay a premium for them.
Not only is this a blatantly obvious attempt to pander to TSF and politicize the selection of textbooks for Oklahoma schools, it adds a significant extra expense to the cost of carrying out this ridiculous mandate. I took a quick look at Amazon just now and was able, with minimal effort, to pull up multiple editions of the KJV Bible available for under $20. The only purpose of spending 3 times that much (or more) would be to curry favor with and fatten the wallets of people named Trump.
Even IF I didn't disagree with the Bible mandate in the first place, I'd be mightily pissed off by this stupid stunt. As it is, I'm only vicariously pissed off, because I don't live in Oklahoma and the tax dollars being wasted on this aren't coming out of my bank account. If I did live there, this would be me: