I had to make sure this story was not from the Onion or some other satire site.
It’s the real deal.
Davis District pulls Bible from elementaries, junior highs 'due to vulgarity or violence'
FARMINGTON — The Bible has been removed from all elementary and middle school libraries throughout the Davis School District after someone challenged its contents.
A committee tasked with reviewing books that fall under review for sexual content last week determined that the Bible will be retained at district high schools, but removed from all elementary and middle schools, Christopher Williams, Davis School District's director of communication, told KSL.com.[...]
The banning is the result of an online request made in December 2022.
On Dec. 11, 2022, a challenge was filed with district officials asking that the Bible be pulled from the shelves of the district's schools.
The school district doesn't reveal who challenges books, nor does it ask why.
Asked if it was a serious attempt to have the Bible removed from school libraries or if it was a political statement, Christopher Williams, Davis School District's director of communication, said district officials treat all challenges the same.
"The district doesn't judge one challenge versus another," he said in an email response. "We view it as part of the work we do."
And the challenge was made possible by a law passed in Utah in 2022, that was intended to legislate morality.
The Utah Legislature in 2022 approved the contentious HB374, which lawmakers have described as a way to weed out content found to be pornographic from K-12 libraries and classrooms.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, defines "sensitive material" as instructional materials that are pornographic or indecent, colloquially referred to as the "bright line" rule in state code.
This is what happens when you pass a poorly thought out, unnecessary, reactionary law and it is superseded by the law of unintended consequences.