The Redlands Unified School District board recently voted to retain the King James Bible in school libraries after a two-hour debate. The discussion highlighted concerns about the inconsistency of banning certain books with sexual content while keeping the Bible, which contains controversial themes. Board member Melissa Ayala-Quintero said: “The intent of the challenge was not to remove the Bible, obviously, no one is going to remove the Bible, but it points out the hypocrisy of this board.” The board’s conservative majority followed an advisory committee’s recommendation to keep the Bible, despite previously banning other books like Push and restricting access to The Bluest Eye.
