As of the past few years, there’s been a movement among Christian nationalists with the goal of making Bible verses mandatory in schools in order to shape children’s religious beliefs and have people view the country as primarily a Christian country again.
It’s no surprise that this movement became the topic of heated debates since it’s an active attempt to control the education system in favor of a certain group.
The republican movement for the past eight years has revolved around bringing back a sort of American “purity” that many have been convinced is lost. This purity can be described as the middle-to-late 1900s American dream with a white Christian nationalist household as the largest group of people in the country.
In reality this “purity” only benefits the majority group and nobody else. The United States of America has one of the most diverse populations on the planet, and some people refuse to accept that.
The movement for mandatory Bible verses in schools benefits those who refuse to accept other people and their ideas. It’s not fair that any other group of people who may not believe in Christianity can bring their children to schools and have those children’s religious beliefs shaped there. If a Christian family saw that their child was getting taught surahs from the Quran, they would get their child out of there promptly. Why do they feel like it’s fair game to put Bible verses where children of other religious groups are? Because of this “my way or the highway” mindset that the current administration has brought along with deporting “illegal aliens” and “making America great again,” it’s all in an effort to revert the change in demographics from the past few decades.
Religion has no place in the American education system. We already have religious schools dedicated to teaching Christianity to children in place of a regular education; they don’t need to put Bible verses in regular schools as well. It’s not fair to any other religious group. It’s sad that Republican lawmakers focus on passing bills that only help those they care about instead of bills that help everybody. It’s even worse that this idea of purity pushes everyone else out of the picture.
