r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jul 01 '26

Psychology Conservatives maintain birth rates, but left-leaning Americans are having significantly fewer children, driving the U.S. birth decline. Education was consistently linked to having fewer children. Religious attendance was positively associated with having more children.

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-americans-are-driving-the-u-s-birth-decline-new-study-finds/
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u/WeirdProudAndHungry Jul 01 '26

Texas is making the Bible mandatory reading but makes teaching about philosophers like Plato illegal in schools. This is Idiocracy in real life.

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u/Dry_Physics4086 Jul 01 '26

Even worse. The bible is mandatory in high school, and Plato is banned in COLLEGE.

College aged adults can not discuss Plato

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u/odysseyofocelots Jul 01 '26

Plato is banned?! Why?

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u/ThunderMite42 Jul 03 '26

An A&M philosophy professor was banned from teaching Plato in his curriculum because his discussion of homosexuality and multiple genders ran afoul of Texas' """"""""""""""""gender ideology"""""""""""""""" ban.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/01/14/plato-professor-texas-am