Books bans damning the nation are coming after a new, surprising target: the Bible. A Utah school district has banned the Bible for elementary and middle schools, effective immediately, after concluding its “vulgarity or violence” was inappropriate.
Books bans damning the nation are coming after a new, surprising target: the Bible.
The unnamed parent cited a new Utah law that expels content labeled “pornographic or indecent” from school libraries and classrooms. Attached to their request, the parent includedfrom the Bible spanning everything from Genesis to Corinthians to Revelation.
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