US EditionUtah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence'
- A parent complaint led to the removal of the Bible from elementary and middle schools in Utah's Davis School District. The district also removed other books deemed sensitive after a 2022 state law required parental involvement in such decisions.
- The review committee responsible for evaluating the Bible's appropriateness did not provide specific reasoning or passages deemed overly violent or vulgar. The committee is comprised of teachers, parents, and administrators in a predominantly conservative community.
- Conservative parent activists have been pushing for more control over what their children are taught, leading to a surge in attempts to ban or restrict books in schools and libraries across the U.S.
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Bible banned in schools due to vulgarity and violence
A scene from 'David' at Sight & Sound Theaters. (Video screenshot) (AP) -- The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And the Book of Mormon could be next. WND is now on Trump's Truth Social! Follow us @WNDNews The 72,000-student Davis School District north of Salt La…
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