Several schools in a Utah (USA) school district have banned the Bible after a student’s parents described it as “obscene” for its sexual and violent content.
“It is essentially ‘obscene,’ according to a state regulation passed in 2022 that has been used primarily by conservative groups to censor books with racial or LGBT themes”.
Following the decision, the Republican legislator who sponsored the law restricting access to “obscene” books, Ken Ivory, who first criticized the “obscene” label for the Bible as a “joke” and a political misrepresentation, gave a hand to turn
The suing parents did so out of desperation over the books being withdrawn from schools because of conservative condemnations, which in 2022 set a record for censorship in two decades.
Following the decision, the Republican legislator who sponsored the law restricting access to “obscene” books, Ken Ivory, who first criticized the “obscene” label for the Bible as a “joke” and a political misrepresentation, gave a hand to turn
The suing parents did so out of desperation over the books being withdrawn from schools because of conservative condemnations, which in 2022 set a record for censorship in two decades.
Multiple schools in one school district Utah (USA) they banned the bible After a student’s father called her “obscene”for its sexual and violent content Taking advantage of a controversial state law that allows books deemed inappropriate for students to be withdrawn from educational centers.
“It is essentially ‘obscene,’ according to a state regulation passed in 2022 that has been used primarily by conservative groups to censor books with racial or LGBT themes”.
parents indicated that the Bible Contains paragraphs on incest, rape and prostitutionThe Salt Lake Tribune reported today that what is essentially “obscene,” according to a state regulation approved in 2022, has been used primarily by conservative groups to censor books with racial or LGBT themes.
The complaint, which involved the Davis School District in Utah, has come a long way since it was filed last December, and after a review this week, a committee dedicated to the case decided that the Bible withdrawing from seven or eight elementary and middle schoolsAlthough secondary schools can maintain it.
“The Bible Has Passages About Incest, Rape, and Prostitution”
After learning of the decision, which surprised many, this Friday the Republican legislator who promoted legislation restricting access to “obscene” books, cane ivoryThose who first criticized the “obscene” label for the Bible, saying it was a “joke” and a political misrepresentation, rolled their arms and even committee religious readings in toddler classrooms and libraries. Thanks to K Vito.
In a Facebook post, Ivory reflected on The Bible is ‘difficult reading’ for younger students in the compulsory education system, adding that “Traditionally, in America, the Bible has been best taught, and best understood, in the home and around the fireplace, as a family.”
“The parents who filed the case did so out of desperation over books being removed from schools due to conservative complaints.”
According to the Tribune, the suing parents did Disappointment A trend was pointed out in April by the American Library Association (ALA) and PEN America, the main groups in defense of freedom of expression in the US, before books were being withdrawn from schools due to conservative complaints.
According to the ALA, in 2022 double the effort censorship marked one more for the books than last year record in two decadeswhile PEN America similarly noted an increase in the banning of textbooks and attributed it directly to the effect of restrictive laws enacted by Republican-governed states such as Utah, Florida, and Missouri.
#censorship triple in #america
The American Library Association reports that #books Censored over the years:
156 in 2020;
713 in 2021;
and 2,571 in 2022.
Challenges “come from organized censorship groups.”
They want “so that no one can read them.”@MamelaFialloFlo@mlukacspic.twitter.com/xWgKTbQinJ— George Scala (@GeorgeScala2021) April 20, 2023
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