Utah School District Removes Bible from Shelves Due to Controversy

The Bible has been removed from libraries in some Utah schools after a person challenged it as "pornographic" under a state law allowing school districts to pull "pornographic or indecent" books from schools. The Davis School District committee ruled that the Bible was not age-appropriate for elementary and middle-schoolers, though it ruled that the text does not contain the type of "sensitive material" the law seeks to keep out of schools. The decision has been appealed by another person in the district. The book challenges are part of a political and cultural battle playing out in school districts and state capitals over how schools instruct students on race, racism, history, sexuality and other issues, and how much power parent groups should have in influencing curriculum.