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NEW YORK (AP) — The American Library Association says one of the books most objected to at public schools and libraries is the Bible.
James LaRue, who directs the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, says some people believe that if a school library buys a Bible, it violates separation of church and state. Others point to the sex and violence in the Bible when religious groups complain about another book's contents.
LaRue says the association doesn't oppose having Bibles or other religious scriptures in public schools as long as the library doesn't endorse or promote what they teach.
On the ALA's top 10 list of most challenged books, the Bible is number 6, several notches below "Fifty Shades of Grey."
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