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Utah’s banned book list climbs to 34 titles.
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Miss: Book ‘Em We thought Utah’s parents liked the idea of school choice. You know—the ability to choose how your kids get educated is somehow essential to the concept. Well, not exactly in Utah, which has now banned 34 books from classrooms around the state because a couple of school districts found them offensive or “pornographic,” a word that has long defied legal definition.
The Salt Lake Tribune found that most of the bans originated from only two districts: Davis and Washington. But their sensibilities are affecting all 41 districts in the state.
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