Following the removal of the Bible from some schools in the Davis School District last month, several Utah lawmakers sharply criticized the process Monday stemming from the 2022 law.
a conservative parent rights group that lobbied strongly for the passage of HB374 — along with the Utah Legislature — was named in the initial request to review the Bible.
The individual also included an eight-page document of specific Bible verses to substantiate their claim that the Bible includes many examples of the sensitive materials that have led to the removal of other books.has 'no serious values for minors' because it's pornographic by our new definition. Get this porn out of our schools! If the books that have been banned so far are any indication for way lesser offenses, this should be a slam dunk," the person wrote.
Utah Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, who serves as the committee chairman, took a heavier-handed approach to his criticisms of the district policy. While the main contention of the lawmakers appeared to be that the Bible was being equated with hardcore pornography, the district reiterated that the committee's decision to remove the Bible from elementary and junior high libraries was based on "vulgarity and violence."
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