by #JohnRussell in #LGBTQNation:

"A Utah school district has decided to remove the Bible from elementary and junior high school libraries after a parent challenged the religious text under a state law banning 'pornographic or indecent' material in schools."

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/school-district-bans-bible-after-indecent-materials-complaint/

#BookBans #BookBan #school #education #library #Bible #LGBTQ #Utah #DavisSchoolDistrict #HB374

70 years ago:
The Sun Shines Bright (US)
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.
1953-05-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/109539
#TheSunShinesBright #JohnFord #CharlesWinninger #JohnRussell #StepinFetchit #ClassicFilm

66 years ago:
Untamed Youth (US)
Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a quick skinny dip in a rural town. Local agricultural magnate Tropp is a sponsor for a local prison work program and the women get put in the fields to work off their sentence. Tropp is dating the wid...
1957-03-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/98079
#UntamedYouth #HowardWKoch #MamieVanDoren #LoriNelson #JohnRussell #Film