{"id":1953177,"date":"2023-06-21T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-school-district-returns-bibles-to-schools-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:12:48","slug":"utah-school-district-returns-bibles-to-schools-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-school-district-returns-bibles-to-schools-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah schools reintroduce Bibles following public outcry."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futah-school-district-returns-bibles-to-schools-after-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1953177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Spencer Platt\/Staff via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>10:12 AM \u2013 Wednesday, June 21, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>The Davis School District in northern Utah has reversed its decision from May to remove Bibles from the libraries of its schools.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Late in May, a review committee for the Davis School District had decided to pull the King James Bible from the libraries of elementary and junior high schools after claims that it contains \u201cvulgarity and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Utah State Legislators passed a law, HB374, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-school-district-returns-bible-to-schools-after-backlash\/\" title=\"Utah school district brings back Bible to schools following public outcry.\">banned sensitive material<\/a> from schools. Since the law passed, dozens of books have been removed from schools around the state.<\/p>\n<p>The law states that if a parent presents a formal request to the district, schools must remove books that contain \u201chuman genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, acts of human masturbation or sexual intercourse, and fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals or public regions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, a parent had filed a complaint to the district, claiming that the Bible falls under the category of materials that that were described in the law.<\/p>\n<p>The review committee had proceeded to pull the Bible from libraries after receiving the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, School Board members voted unanimously to return the Bible to district libraries after receiving backlash and criticism for their earlier decision, along with over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-school-district-returns-bibles-to-schools-after-backlash\/\" title=\"Utah schools reintroduce Bibles following public outcry.\">70 parents filing appeals<\/a> to challenge the decision to ban the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bombshell-mi-judge-grants-attorney-matt-deperno-permission-to-release-results-of-forensic-examination-on-16-dominion-voting-machines-in-antrim-co-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING BOMBSHELL: MI Judge Grants Attorney Matt DePerno Permission To RELEASE Results Of Forensic Examination On 16 Dominion Voting Machines In Antrim Co. [VIDEO]\">school board<\/a> said that an appeal committee had reviewed the earlier decision and their community standards, and had found that the Bible has <strong>\u201csignificant, serious value for minors.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBased on their assessment of community standards, the appeal committee determined that The Bible has significant, serious value for minors which outweighs the violent or vulgar content it contains,\u201d the committee wrote in a decision published along with school board materials.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The committee\u2019s reversal is another development since the Utah law had passed in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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In May, a review committee had decided to remove the King James Version of the Bible. 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