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Gay High Schooler Suspended for Ripping Pages Out of the Bible Read more: Gay High Schooler Suspended for Ripping Pages Out of the Bible | TIME.
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So what do we think about this? Should secular public schools be allowed to suspend students for ripping pages out of their own books? Even if their books are considered holy by some?
"Isaiah Smith, an openly gay 18-year-old senior at Birdville High School in North Richland Hills, Texas, was suspended for three days last week after ripping pages out of a Bible in class.
Smith says that he tore the Bible while trying to make a point to his classmates about bullying. Last Monday, Smith told the Star-Telegram, his classmates started bullying him in Spanish class by telling him he was going to hell for being gay. Smith, who had his Bible with him, started tearing out pages of the Book of Leviticus, which he said many classmates quote when they taunt him.
“At my high school, some kids like to say that being gay is a sin and that you can’t be gay and Christian,” Smith told the Star Telegram. “I wanted to bring my Bible to school and interpret the books of Leviticus and Romans, because they are often used to bully gay people.”
Read more: Gay High Schooler Suspended for Ripping Pages Out of the Bible | TIME.com [link to nation.time.com]
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