Public Schools Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
October 23rd, 2023
Hundreds of Muslim parents are keeping their children home from school in protest of books depicting LGBTQ+ individuals as part of an anti-bias curriculum, hoping to force the school's hand by hurting public funding.
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October 9th, 2023
An Arizona school board member is suing her district after she was repeatedly told to stop reciting biblical scripture at public school board meetings. She says she wasn't proselytizing, but secular activists disagree.
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September 25th, 2023
The school district of Skiatoon, Oklahoma was told by a prominent secular activist group to remove scripture posted prominently in public school classrooms. Does John 3:16 belong in the halls of high school?
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September 25th, 2023
A national book banning crusade is no longer confined to schools – it's now expanding to public libraries. This means anyone who walks into a library could find the book they want to read "off limits."
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September 1st, 2023
Should chaplains replace licensed counselors in public schools? A new Texas law allows them to do just that, but the law has an unlikely foe who are requesting it be overturned: chaplains.
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August 31st, 2023
A Sacramento-area school board president is in trouble with local parents after specifically asking Christians to join school advisory boards. As many accuse her of religious bias, she's refusing to apologize.
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June 19th, 2023
Parents in Ohio say a social studies lesson on the Hopi Native American tribe violated their child's freedom of religion. Students were tasked with creating kachina dolls, which are of spiritual significance to the Hopi.
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June 8th, 2023
Is the Bible too NSFW for schools? A parent used a new Utah law which allows parents to challenge any books at their child's school to get the Bible removed, alleging it is too violent and pornographic for kids.
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June 1st, 2023
A Native American student in Oklahoma alleges that she was denied the right to wear a sacred eagle plume on her graduation cap. Now she's suing her former school, alleging her religious freedom was violated.
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