Texas School District Bans Bible As “Sexually Explicit” (But Backtracks After Complaint From GOP Bill’s Author)

Amarillo’s ABC affiliate reports:

The Bible is back on Canyon ISD shelves after being temporarily removed under a new state law banning sexually explicit material from school libraries.

House Bill 900, known as the READER Act (Restricting Explicit and Adult Designated Educational Resources), states, “a library material vendor must perform a contextual analysis of the material to determine whether the material describes, depicts, or portrays sexual conduct in a way that is patently offensive.”

CISD determined that included the Bible. ABC 7 News contacted Canyon ISD which said reports do not tell the whole story. “After receiving clarification from Representative (Jared) Patterson regarding library content, we reevaluated the guidelines and are pleased to have the Bible available in each of our Canyon ISD libraries.”

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