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Tourists rush to see Michelangelo’s David statue after Florida censorship

Tourists have shared photos of themselves with the famous Michelangelo statue David after Hope Carrasquilla, former principal at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, was fired for teaching a class on it

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Visitors flock to see Michelangelo's David sculpture after school uproar in Florida

Tourists , many American, flooded a museum in Florence, Italy, to see the Renaissance masterpiece after a Florida school forced its principal to resign over complaints about a lesson on the statue.

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Tourists flock to see Michelangelo’s statue of David after Florida censorship row

Florence’s mayor has extended an invitation to the teacher at the heart of the controversy to visit the Italian city

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David statue in Italy draws flood of tourists in wake of Florida uproar

Tourists, many of them Americans on spring break or studying abroad, posed for selfies in front of the giant marble statue, which features the Biblical David, naked with a sling over his shoulder and a rock in his hand, ready for battle with Goliath.

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Italians astonished as US teacher fired for showing children Michelangelo's David

Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence, where the world-famous statue is kept, described the firing of principal at Tallahassee Classical School, Florida, Hope Carrasquilla as 'ridicolo'

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Visitors flock to see David sculpture after Florida uproar

Visitors have flocked to see Michelangelo’s David sculpture in Florence following the uproar over the Renaissance masterpiece at a Florida school

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President again calls on Congress to pass assault weapons ban, after three children and three adults killed at a Christian elementary school. Plus, meatball from long-extinct mammoth created

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Is Michelangelo’s David pornography? Italians invite Florida parents to visit statue in person

The board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the David was shown to a sixth-grade art class.

Chicago Sun-Times

Art, not pornography: Florence museum invites Florida parents to see the David

Galleria dell’Accademia director issues invitation in wake of incident that forced principal to resign after parents’ complaints

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Museum invites Florida parents to view Michelangelo’s David after statue branded ‘pornographic’

Tallahassee Classical School has roughly 400 students from kindergarten through the 12th grade and has had three principals in three years

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Florida principal resigns after parents decry Michelangelo’s David as pornography

Tallahassee Classical school’s governing board heard complaints after sixth-graders were shown classical sculpture

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In Florida, parents are always right – even when they think a Michelangelo is porn

A principal was fired after a Renaissance art class was shown David in the latest example of the state’s censorship crusade

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School principal resigns after showing Michelangelo’s David in class

A parent called the lesson ‘pornographic’

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School principal fired for showing Michelangelo’s David in class

A parent called the lesson ‘pornographic’

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Teacher resigns over parent's complaints kids were taught about Michelangelo's 'David'

Hope Carrasquilla was told to resign as principal of the Tallahassee Classical School in Florida after parents found Michelangelo’s "David" and other landmark pieces of art offensive

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Florida school principal says she was fired for teaching children about Michelangelo’s David

A parent called the lesson ‘pornographic’

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Fan denied entry to Qatar World Cup stadium because of naked statue T-shirt

A supporter was initially denied entry and missed the start of South Korea's match against Ghana on Monday at the Education City Stadium after being prevented from entering due to what he was wearing

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