TJ Walker responds to Texas education officials potentially mandating Bible passages on public school reading lists. He points to Genesis 19:30-38, which depicts incest and mass killing, as an example of content he argues violates the separation of church and state.
According to the Times, Texas education officials are seriously considering adding Bible passages and the Bible itself to required reading lists for millions of public school students next year. And yes, the story I described, that's Lot and his daughters in Genesis 19:30-38. So let's just be clear about what's happening here. We're talking about requiring public school children in a country founded on freedom from government-imposed religion to read a text that includes incest, mass killing, slavery endorsements, and rules about when to stone your neighbors to death and calling it education. Ultimize.
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