Utah School District That Removed Bible Considers Removing Book of Mormon
A Utah school district that recently pulled the King James Bible from elementary and middle school libraries has now received a new request from a parent to review the Book of Mormon for potential removal, according to school officials.
Christopher Williams, director of communications and operations at the Davis School District, said the district received a request Friday demanding the removal of the foundational text of the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The request calls for the book to be reviewed by the board because it contains graphic violence, including battles, beheadings, and kidnappings.
The latest potential removal comes just a week after the district announced they would remove the King James edition of the Bible from the district’s elementary and middle school libraries after being deemed by a committee to be inappropriate because it contained “vulgarity or violence.” “The committee decided to retain the book in school library circulation only at the high school level based on age appropriateness due to vulgarity or violence,” Williams wrote in an email.
