A nonprofit religious liberty law firm fired off a letter to the Sensitive Materials Review Committee of a school district in Utah arguing that keeping the Bible in its libraries is both reasonable and legal after a parent complained that the book is pornographic. Attorneys with the First Liberty Institute informed the Davis School District in Farmington that the Bible "has serious value for minors" and warned that "removal of the Bible would constitute hostility toward Christianity" that would raise constitutional concerns, according the advisory letter they sent Monday. The letter comes after a parent in the district reacted to the state’s ban on sexually explicit books in school libraries by calling for the Bible to be removed from a public school for its alleged pornographic content. "Get this PORN out of our schools," the parent wrote in a December complaint that was first reported last month by the Salt Lake Tribune . "If the books that have been banned so far are any indication for way lesser offenses, this should be a slam dunk." UTAH PARENTS CALLS BIBLE ‘PORN’ IN REACTION TO SCHOOL’S BAN ON SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS Attorneys with First Liberty Institute urged the Davis School District […]
