This reminds me of another story from a few years ago about ABC's Biblical "Of Kings And Prophets" King David TV series -- which was pulled because of complaints from "christians" about too much sex and violence.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Kings_and_Prophets

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/parents-television-council-blasts-abcs-873531/


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But I though it's "OK" if it's in the Bible, right? /s


Guess that leaves out the Kama Sutra...


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https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/iowa-school-book-ban-blocked-rcna131705

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Iowa from enforcing a law that bans library books that depict sex acts and bars public school teachers from discussing gender identity or sexual orientation.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher granted a preliminary injunction on Friday, writing that portions of the law are overly broad and “unlikely to satisfy the First Amendment under any standard of scrutiny.”

Signed earlier this year by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, the legislation forbids teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender with students through 6th grade, and bans school libraries from offering books that depict sex acts, unless those books are religious texts like the Christian Bible. It also requires school staff to inform parents if students ask to use different names or pronouns.

Locher, however, wrote that the law essentially deems all books (except religious texts) that depict sex as having no educational or literary value.

“The underlying message is that there is no redeeming value to any such book even if it is a work of history, self-help guide, award-winning novel, or other piece of serious literature,” he wrote. “In effect, the Legislature has imposed a puritanical ‘pall of orthodoxy’ over school libraries.”

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Imagine America being divided into two countries...

In one, the bible's most popular version was a comic book novel, while in the other, the bible would be the basis for governance.

Tough to see Romeo & Juliet being acted out under such a condition because non-bible America wouldn't give a darn*.




*Quiz: In which country would Darnites exist?

At least the children can read this in the Bible:

Genesis 19:33-35

Concerned for their father having descendants, one evening, Lot's eldest daughter gets Lot drunk and has sex with him without his knowledge. The following night, the younger daughter does the same. They both become pregnant; the older daughter gives birth to Moab, while the younger daughter gives birth to Ammon.

No wonder Lot's wife is stomping around the CK all upset and stuff...

"Build the wall! Build the Wall!"

--St. Peter, upon seeing Gladys Lot approach the pearly gates

She's be over it in two seconds anyway. You don't mess with that dame. A woman scorned is nothing compared to a woman turned into a pillar of salt.

I think it changes it for the better, gives it more meaning, if it were determined that Gladys had actually been changed into a pillar of basalt*...

She wouldn't have stood long as a pillar of salt, given the actual cash value of salt back in the day!




*"Basalt is a type of igneous rock that is dark gray to black in color, and is usually extrusive.  It is made up of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and olivine.  Basalt is the most common volcanic rock on Earth, making up more than 90% of all volcanic rock."

The weird thing is that no teacher in his or her right mind is going to teach about sexuality unless it is in the curriculum. We simply don't go there. And curriculum is decided by local school districts. Beyond that, parents would most likely be required to sign off on lessons about human sexuality.

School library offerings are also decided by local school districts.

So the state legislature in Iowa wants to take away control from local school districts? Why?

> So the state legislature in Iowa wants to take
> away control from local school districts? Why?

Because doing so will gratify people who want to legislate their own values.

Welcome to Christianity 2.0.