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With Book Bans Now Extending to Science Texts Addressing Climate Change and Vaccines, What’s Next in Fake Christians’ Moral Crusade to ‘Save the Children’?
No one really believed groups like “Moms for Liberty,” “No Left Turn in Education,” “MassResistance, “Parents Defending Education,” “Independent Women’s Forum,” and other ideological right-wing activist groups that launched their book-banning crusade two years ago were going to stop at texts written by Black writers, right? No one assumed their end goal was work by LGBTQ+ authors, right?
Of course not.
Once the proverbial genie was out of the bottle, it was open season on teachers, school boards, and librarians.
While our attention has been on other concerns — like whether or not the twice-impeached, four-times indicted adjudicated sexual assaulting former host of Celebrity Apprentice out on bail will actually become the first former president to be a convicted felon — local school boards that packed their ranks with public education opponents have been steadily widening their pseudo-”Christian” nets.
In Texas this month, the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District board of trustees voted 6–1 to redact chapters in science textbooks that address vaccines, human growth, diversity, and climate change.
