A Utah law targeting 'pornographic or indecent' content in books led to a school district banning the King James version of the Bible.
The King James version of the Bible was the only version removed. Other versions still remain available for students of all ages across the district.
Utah Representative Mark Strong said Monday that the district's decision to ban the King James Bible was"bogus" and a move toward"accepting the religion of atheism and hedonism." State Senator Curb Bramble called it"offensive." State Representative Brady Brammer said the district should be"ashamed."that the removal is not part of a"book ban" per se, but rather an application by the school district using the language from the 1973 U.S.
Instead, he said, the committee"used a balancing standard" and appeared to try"to make a point rather than balance the issues at hand" compared to other evaluations. He argued that printing of the Bible on the Gutenberg press was a major driver of the Renaissance, that the book inspired Michelangelo, Handel and countless other artists, and was"the primary driver of literacy in the Western world.
"The committee that made this decision should be ashamed they failed to recognize these facts. Moreover, the fact that a committee could come to this conclusion does indicate the process used by the committee—which was developed by the school district—is broken."
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