Jesus said the Gospel is about good news to the poor, welcoming all people, caring for the least of these: the immigrant, the hungry, the sick, the imprisoned. Christian nationalism attempts to sanctify oppression and not liberation. It attempts to sanctify lies and not truth.
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1. Florida teachers are being told to remove all books from their classroom libraries OR FACE FELONY PROSECUTION
The new policy is based on the premise that teachers are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies.
2. Officials from the Manatee County School District confirmed the new policy to https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ.
The policy was communicated to principals in a meeting last Wednesday.
Teachers are in the process of being informed now.
3. Teachers in Manatee County lamented the news on social media. "My heart is broken for Florida students today as I am forced to pack up my classroom library," one Manatee teacher wrote on Facebook.
4. Another Manatee teacher called the directive "a travesty to education" that interfered with efforts to "connect with books and develop [a] love of lifelong learning."
5. The new policy in Manatee, which is likely to be duplicated across Florida, was issued in response to HB 1467, which was signed into law by DeSantis last March.
That law established that teachers could not be trusted to select books appropriate for their students.
The new policy is based on the premise that teachers are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies.
2. Officials from the Manatee County School District confirmed the new policy to https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ.
The policy was communicated to principals in a meeting last Wednesday.
Teachers are in the process of being informed now.
3. Teachers in Manatee County lamented the news on social media. "My heart is broken for Florida students today as I am forced to pack up my classroom library," one Manatee teacher wrote on Facebook.
4. Another Manatee teacher called the directive "a travesty to education" that interfered with efforts to "connect with books and develop [a] love of lifelong learning."
5. The new policy in Manatee, which is likely to be duplicated across Florida, was issued in response to HB 1467, which was signed into law by DeSantis last March.
That law established that teachers could not be trusted to select books appropriate for their students.
An informative meeting with actual experts led to this relic from Lancaster PA Dayspring Academy's EITC program.
*Blessings.*
The path we are on is already well-worn. Just because most of us haven't noticed does not mean it was not there.
1/ https://t.co/1swIa9Khdt
“8 yrs ago the PA Legislature passed HB 996 creating an unprecedented opportunity for biz in PA to send their State tax bill to a scholarship organization, enabling thousands of students across the state to attend the private school of their choice. It’s known as…EITC”
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"We wnt them 2 be able 2 think and 2 reason from Biblical principles and apply them 2 every area of life and it really is, eh, designed and created with the intention, um, of counteracting that secular and socialististic, um, efforts that are going on, ah, in America today."
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*Blessings.*
The path we are on is already well-worn. Just because most of us haven't noticed does not mean it was not there.
1/ https://t.co/1swIa9Khdt
\U0001f6a8\U0001f6a8\U0001f6a8Reminder that Hegseth aligns with local Christian school Dayspring as well as Veritas. Will we see cross-pollination IRL this spring \u2049\ufe0f\u2049\ufe0f\u2049\ufe0f https://t.co/mZGzFyr8sp pic.twitter.com/WkykwhNkXd
— TheExaminer (@LancPAExaminer) February 11, 2023
“8 yrs ago the PA Legislature passed HB 996 creating an unprecedented opportunity for biz in PA to send their State tax bill to a scholarship organization, enabling thousands of students across the state to attend the private school of their choice. It’s known as…EITC”
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"We wnt them 2 be able 2 think and 2 reason from Biblical principles and apply them 2 every area of life and it really is, eh, designed and created with the intention, um, of counteracting that secular and socialististic, um, efforts that are going on, ah, in America today."
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