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FALLOUT CONTINUES OVER PRINCIPAL FIRED FOR SHOWING DAVID STATUE TO CLASS

Jason Parsley

AFlorida principal was forced to resign recently over an art lesson where she showed Michelangelo’s sculpture of David to her sixth-grade class.

The firing whipped up a worldwide storm of controversy including being mocked in a skit on Saturday Night Live.

Michelangelo’s 16th-century sculpture is one of the Renaissance’s most famous pieces of art. But some parents at the Tallahassee Classical School complained and compared it to porn, since David is nude.

incest and human trafficking, but only up to 15 weeks.

The measure passed 26-13 with two Republicans opposing it.

The House is expected to take up the issue next week.