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A Utah school district has removed the Bible from some schools' shelves

After a parent's complaint, a school district in Utah banned the Bible from middle and elementary schools for containing "vulgarity or violence" inappropriate for the age group.

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Bible banned from Utah school district for ‘vulgarity and violence’ in revenge for conservative attacks on literature

Bible removed from at least seven school libraries in district

The Independent UK

Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence'

The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in one Utah school district after a committee decided it wasn’t age appropriate “due to vulgarity or violence.”

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Utah Law Forbids Public School Libraries From Having Any Books That "Describe" "Sexual Intercourse" Etc.

The Salt Lake Tribune (Courtney Tanner) reports that the Bible will be removed from Davis (Utah) School District elementary and middle school libraries, "for containing 'vulgarity or violence.'" A parent had asked, apparently as a protest against a recent Utah law that calls for removal of various school library books,…

Reason

Antrim and Newtownabbey Council votes to keep Bible reading at monthly meetings

Alliance call to drop tradition voted down

Belfast Live

Fears ‘Satanists’ have returned to British village after lamb found with throat slit

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE: Cats have reportedly been found spiked on poles in the New Forest and a lamb was slaughtered with a bible placed on it as locals fear ‘Satanists’ are back in the quiet village

Daily Mirror

The Oldest And Most Expensive Hebrew Bible Returns To Israel After An Auction

The Codex Sassoon was purchased at a Sotheby's auction at $38.1 million, making it the most manuscript ever.

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Rwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run

One of Rwanda’s most wanted suspect in that country's genocide has appeared in a South African courtroom holding a Bible

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North Korea 'throws toddler in jail for life' after his parents are caught with a Bible

A two-year-old is set to spend his entire life in a prison camp after his Christian parents were found with a Bible in their homes, according to a report by the US State Department

Daily Mirror

Editorial: If Missouri public schools teach Bible classes, whose version of religion rules?

Missouri legislators have adopted yet another solution in search of a problem. They’ve passed a bill — and sent it to Gov. Mike Parson to sign (he shouldn’t) — that would allow public schools to offer elective courses on the Bible.

Tribune News Service

Missouri bill on Gov. Parson’s desk would allow public schools to teach electives on the Bible

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the waning hours of the legislative session, Missouri lawmakers passed a bill long-sought by a pair of Christian lawmakers that would allow public schools to offer elective courses on the Bible.

Tribune News Service

Bible verse, conspiracies and the ‘cult of trans’: The ultra-conservative Americans infiltrating the Tory party

The National Conservatism Conference, which starred Suella Braverman and Michael Gove this week, was disowned by the Tories only three years ago, Lizzie Dearden writes

The Independent UK

At $38.1 Million, Codex Sassoon Becomes Most Expensive Book Ever Sold At Auction

Tel Aviv ANU–Museum of the Jewish People buys the oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible.

Zenger

Bible verse, conspiracies and the ‘cult of trans’: The ultra-conservative Americans infiltrating the Tory party

The National Conservatism Conference, which starred Suella Braverman and Michael Gove this week, was disowned by the Tories only three years ago, Lizzie Dearden writes

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A Hebrew Bible that is 1,100 years old sells for $38 million at an auction

The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment volume containing a nearly complete Hebrew Bible, was purchased by former U.S. Ambassador to Romania.

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World's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38m

NEW YORK: A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for US$38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.

The Independent UK

1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38M at auction in New York

A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world’s oldest surviving biblical manuscripts has sold for $38 million in New York

Reuters

World's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38.1 million

The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million on Wednesday, Sotheby’s said, one of the highest prices ever for a book or document sold at auction.

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World's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38 mn

New York (AFP) - A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.

Evening Standard

What is Ascension Day and how is it celebrated?

Christian celebration marks important event in Bible

LiveScience

Did Noah's flood really happen?

Noah's flood is a story much older than the Bible, and researchers are still learning about its roots.

The Independent UK

Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders

As Republican-governed states across the nation advance numerous bills targeting transgender young people, America’s faith leaders are starkly divided in their assessment

AFP

Hebrew Bible, rare Rousseau to star at New York spring auctions

New York (AFP) - A host of rare works including the world's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible and a Gustav Klimt waterscape making its auction debut headline New York's spring sales starting this week.

WEKU

An Arizona lawmaker (who is also a minister) is under investigation for a Bible prank

An ethics inquiry is examining whether Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Presbyterian minister, broke Arizona House rules when she hid Bibles from the members' lounge in a protest.

Wales Online

Marvel star Chris Pratt compares himself to Jesus when responding to faith criticisms

The Guardians of the Galaxy leading man also quoted a Bible verse when discussing his rumoured links with the Hillsong Church

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