Texas board moves to rewrite K‑8 social studies to include Christian stories
Separation of church and state? Texas education board has approved a broad new statewide reading list that, for the first time, will make passages from the Bible required reading for more than 5 million public school students. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Sally McLester4That might spectacularly backfire as kids are know to ask a LOT of questions 🤣 I myself was asked to leave a Sunday school class after questions about the virgin birth 🤷♂️
Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7!4OMG ... and can you imagine what will happen to science education? I hate to break it to TEXAS, but the beauty of the U.S. is that everyone has the right to worship in their own way, or not at all. These are the same people who were opposed to mandates during COVID to SAVE LIVES?
AzGentleman now living in PNW2What version will they be using? The one with Adam and Eve riding dinosaurs?
jeanlucp.bsky.social2“Mommy, if god is all good why did he murder 99.9999999999999999999999999% of all the living beings on the planet in a flood?”
Clifford1The Pedo Party is forcing itself on children again
Delgado1Where does it say in any Bible that it needs to be read? Fuck that!
The Texas State Board of Education has voted to require Bible reading in the curriculum for public school students. This is the Sharia Law that MAGA has been warning us about—a faux ‘Christian’ mandate to control people’s viewpoints. It’s utterly terrifying and reprehensible.
Sloan Ashton37The 1797 Treaty of Tripoli (ratified unanimously by the Senate under John Adams) states: “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” The United States was founded as a republic with religious liberty, not a Christian theocracy.
silenceredux.bsky.social5Send your kids to a private church run school if you want this shit.
The RedRoach4I thought we said no to sharia law in Texas?
NEW: The Texas State Board of Education just overhauled public school curricula to focus on Texas "exceptionalism," require Bible readings and whitewash racism. Its the culmination of a decadeslong push by Christian nationalists - an assertion of their grip on the highest echelons of education.
-𝚖𝚘𝚡57being a parent in texas means mentally preparing for after-school conversations that begin "welcome home. here's why everything they just said to you is some bullshit"
Alex Wild31Our argumentative 12 year old atheist is going to be a gigantic problem for any teacher who even tries to hint that this bigot curriculum is correct.
This is gonna be Canada if don’t stop the Alberta bullshit Texas will require Bible stories in public schools after the State Board of Education approved a mandatory reading list Friday alongside a rewrite of K-8 social studies lessons that minimize racial, geographic and cultural diversity.
Ann T. Social2The secessionists poll at about 20 percent of the province. Plenty of us normal Canadians here.
Colorado Public Education Watch1An organization called Civics Alliance has been pushing it in several States. Pls read coloradopubliceducationwatch.org/2026/03/06/t...
trolph.bsky.social1Agreed. We cannot look the other way.
Texas’ State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a list of required readings for K-12 students that includes Bible stories, drawing criticism from faith and religious freedom groups.
www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/u... Texas State Board of Education has approved a proposal that will establish lists of required reading — including Bible verses alongside classic titles — for its K-12 English and literature curriculum.
Felonious D.J.T. (aka Masshole)5Perhaps they should make the US Constitution's 1st Amendment required reading for anyone in the Texas state government.
PC Sherry🦋2Take your religion and shove it. It doesn’t belong in schools. Want religion? Go to church.
Nick2Wasn’t U.S. largely established by Protestant settlers. English Puritans, Anglicans, and other Protestant groups seeking religious and economic freedom. The foundational government—the U.S. Constitution—is a secular document that deliberately separates church and state.
