Should the Bible be banned in Florida?

Banning books in Florida has become the latest WOKE pastime for some. One woman managed to get a book containing the poem, "The Hill We Climb" banned from the elementary section of the library because it offended her sensibilities. The poem, by Amanda Gorman, had been read by the author at Joe Biden's inauguration.

Top from the Bible
Bottom from Amanda Gorman's poem

In her complaint about the poem Daily Salinas, an obvious product of Florida's "superior" school system, was quoted in her objection as saying the poem was, “not educational and have indirectly hate messages”. She had also done her due diligence research on the topic as she attributed the poem to Oprah Winfrey and not Ms. Gorman.

After seeing that this poem managed to get a book banned I asked myself, why not the Bible? Why isn't it listed as pornographic and inappropriate for children of all ages? How is it that the mere mention of racial strife or an "unfinished nation" gets banned but the Bible with its sexual messaging, bestiality, and references to rape remains?

To this point, I give you the Song of Solomon, an erotic poem in the Old Testament, “How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights! Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit.” And again in Chapter 19 in the Book of Judges, where a Levite rapes “a concubine,” and then later dices her up into twelve parts.

While banning the Bible in Florida schools may seem far-fetched while doing research I found that a Florida Man (you can always rely on anything you find that begins, "A Florida Man...") filed a lawsuit. In this case, the Florida Man was Chaz Stevens from Deerfield Beach. Stevens proceeded to question whether the Bible is age-appropriate, pointing to its "casual" references to murder, adultery, sexual immorality, and fornication. "Do we really want to teach our youth about drunken orgies?"

He also took issue with the many Biblical references to rape, bestiality, cannibalism, and infanticide. "In the end, if Jimmy and Susie are curious about any of the above, they can do what everyone else does – get a room at the Motel Six and grab the Gideons," he wrote.

Escambia County Superintendent, Tim Smith placed the Bible on the Restricted List while under review. He did this on a Sunday, but by Wednesday his actions were reversed. I'm sure someone cracked his knuckles with a ruler.

Sarah Holland was the person in Escambia County who filed the original challenge to the Bible back in October of last year. In her appeal, Ms. Holland wrote, "...the Bible includes accounts of sexism, sex, violence, genocide, slavery, rape, and bestiality, all of which should be grounds for removal." Other objections to the book include "examples of eating children" and a claim that the Bible causes "religious trauma syndrome" that should be reserved for adult readers.

Yes, it is quite apparent that the Great Florida Book Purge has little to do with pornography or the ever-present sin of WOKENESS, and everything to do with racism, homophobia, the religious right, and its' political mouthpiece, the New GOP. All of this is as envisioned by their Messiah Donald Trump and his rising acolyte, MoRon DeFascist.

All of this makes me long for the days when the racy section of the library was their National Geographic collection. Methinks this is Much Ado About Nothing. Speaking of which, Shakespeare should also be banned. Have these parents not seen that excellent purveyor of all things pornographic, the Internet? Perhaps the point of this is to ban books so that children will do what they have done for centuries when told that they can't do something, they will actually read a book. Oh, the horror.

I need to end this now as the National Weather Service has issued its daily afternoon Severe Weather Warning and I need to move away from my office window. After writing on this topic of banning the Bible, I can't risk getting struck by lightning.