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A Utah committee has responded to allegations "vulgarity and violence" contained in the pages of the King James Bible are reason enough for its removal from some younger grade library shelves.

A Utah school district will remove the Bible from its elementary and junior high school libraries, according to ABC4.

In other news, a student from Draper placed third in this year's national spelling bee.

A parent submitted eight pages of passages in the Bible that showed it was inappropriate for kids.

The move to ban the Bible follows a complaint from parents back in March that the text is one of the most sex-ridden books around

The Bible is removed from elementary and middle schools in one Utah district after a complaint that the Scriptures feature material inappropriate for younger kids.

Davis School District review committee decided to pull The Bible from all schools other than those at a high school level after a parent filed a challenge, citing passages that describe sex and violence.

Viral tweet claimed that a Utah School District had banned The Bible over its "pornographic" content

In the Davis County School District, as of March, 33 books has been pulled from school shelves.

The Utah lawmaker who wrote the law banning indecent books in schools has reversed course on it being used to challenge the Bible.