Utah lawmaker who wrote law that led to school district Bible ban now wants ‘all instructional materials’ reviewed

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Rep. Ken Ivory initially called the parent’s request to remove the religious text from Davis School District “very unfortunate.”

a novel about the author’s journey of self-identity that has some scenes of illustrated figures engaging in sexual conduct.he told The Salt Lake Tribune about the Bible complaint at the time.

Based on the code he wrote, a book is indecent for school libraries if it includes explicit sexual arousal, stimulation, masturbation, intercourse, sodomy or fondling. According to state attorneys, material doesn’t have to be “taken as a whole” in those situations or left on the shelf during a review. If there is a scene involving any of those acts, it should be immediately removed.

And already the review committee’s decision to remove the Bible for younger kids has been appealed by another parent, who wants the Bible to remain on the shelves for students of all ages, according to the district. But in his post Thursday, Ivory said the committee functioned as it was supposed to with the Bible request.

 

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