In 1637 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Thomas Morton’s “New English Canaan” became the first book in the United States to become banned. Since then, book bans have become a growing issue across the country. In states such as Texas, Florida, Virginia and Utah, governments misjudge their power when it comes to what they deem as.
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Across the state of Utah, school districts are calling to ban hundreds of books, some of which are New York Times bestsellers and award-winning titles. The book bans are backed by the Utah Parents United group, who have argued that some of the books shouldn’t be in schools because of sexual content. Instead of.
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A challenge to Utah author Shannon Hale’s book “Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn” by a member of the Katy Independent School District board of education in Texas called the children’s book “sexually suggestive.”