Bible banned in US district after described as ‘too vulgar or violent’ for children

A school district in the state of Utah has banned elementary and middle school students from using the Bible after being described as too vulgar or violent.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, some parents of these students became agitated and demanded that the bible be banned in that part of the district because it was too vulgar for readers.

Due to pressure from the parents of these students, officials in Davis County, a district of 72,000 students north of Salt Lake City, were forced to ban bible reading in the county.

Prior to banning the bible in the district, a committee made up of parents, teachers, and administrators accessed the good book before action was taken.

According to school district spokesman Chris Williams, the Book of Mormon was also removed from the young student library after someone submitted a request for a review of the Book of Mormon which was also removed.

The district has removed other titles, including Sherman Alexie’s ‘The Totally True Diary of a Part-Time Indian’ and John Green’s ‘In Search of Alaska’, under a 2022 state law requiring students district includes parents in decisions about what constitutes ‘sensitive material.’

The committee published its decision on the Bible in an online database of review requests and did not elaborate on its rationale or which passages it deemed too violent or crude. customary.

The decision comes as conservative parent activists, including branches of the state-based group Parent United, have attacked school boards and state agencies across the country. United States, sowing alarm about the way sex and violence are mentioned in schools.

Due to the district’s privacy policy, it is not known who requested the Bible ban at Davis schools or if they were affiliated with any larger groups.

A copy of the complaint obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune through a public records request shows that the parent noted that the Bible contained instances of incest, prostitution, and rape. The complaint mocked a ‘faithless process’ and said the district was ‘franchising our children’s education, First Amendment, and library access’ to Parents of America. .

‘Utah Parents United abandoned one of the most sexually explicit books: the Bible,’ the parent complaint dated Dec. It then went on to add, “Surely you will find that the Bible (under state law)” has no serious value to minors “because it is pornographic by the new definition.” ours.”

Williams said the review committee determined that the Bible did not qualify under Utah’s definition of pornography or indecent, which is why it remains in high schools. The committee can make its own decisions under the new state law in 2022, he said, and has adopted different standards based on the age of students to deal with many of the challenges.

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