that the district review committee found that while the Bible does not contain sensitive material as defined by state law, it includes elements of"vulgarity or violence" that are not suitable for younger students.
Williams said the district doesn't differentiate between requests to review books and doesn't consider whether complaints may be submitted as satire. The reviews are handled by a committee made up of teachers, parents and administrators in the largely conservative community. "I can't think of what's in the Bible that you would have to take out of it. It's not like there's pictures in it," he said.
A copy of the complaint obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune through a public records request shows that the parent noted the Bible contains instances of incest, prostitution and rape. The complaint derided a"bad faith process" and said the district was"ceding our children's education, First Amendment Rights, and library access" to Parents United.
"No, not at all. What we're looking at is 'What's age-appropriate?' Many people have talked about book bans and this has nothing to do with a book ban. It's about what's age-appropriate for children in schools," Ivory said. "I don't want people to be able to say, 'I don't want the Bible in the library," Arkansas Democratic state Sen. Linda Chesterfield said during a hearing.
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