A Utah school district’s decision to remove the Bible from its elementary and middle schools stems from a new law expanding parents’ power to challenge materials they believe are obscene in schools.
The Bible is read aloud at the Utah Capitol, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in the Davis School District north of Salt Lake City, after a review committee decided it wasn't age appropriate"due to vulgarity or violence."
Representatives for the church declined to comment on the challenge. Members of the faith also read the Bible. “Utah Parents United left off one of the most sex-ridden books around: The Bible,” the parent’s complaint, dated Dec. 11, said. It later went on to add, “You’ll no doubt find that the Bible has ‘no serious values for minors’ because it’s pornographic by our new definition.”
“I don’t want people to be able to say, ‘I don’t want the Bible in the library,” Arkansas Democratic state Sen. Linda Chesterfield said during a hearing.
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