Commentary: There is precedent for tidying up the Bible to make it safe for all, but it’s no easy task

This comes in the wake of a Utah school district targeting the Holy Book and, possibly, the Book of Mormon.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shelves of the Holy Bible and the Book of Mormon shown at a prison library in 2004. A Utah school district has barred the Bible for grade schools and middle schools and is considering doing the same with the Book of Mormon.

Commentary: There is precedent for tidying up the Bible to make it safe for all, but it’s no easy task

This comes in the wake of a Utah school district targeting the Holy Book and, possibly, the Book of Mormon.

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