Utah schools ban Bible over concerns of vulgarity and violence.

The Davis School District in Utah has removed the Bible from its elementary and middle schools after a parental complaint that some verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. The district has also removed other titles following a 2022 state law requiring districts to include parents in decisions over what constitutes “sensitive material.” A complaint has also been submitted about the Book of Mormon. Conservative parent activists are sowing alarm about how sex and violence are talked about in schools, and the number of attempts to ban or restrict books across the US in 2022 was the highest in 20 years, according to the American Library Association.