Va county removes Sherlock Holmes from school list

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Sherlock Holmes' first adventure has been removed from sixth-grade reading lists in a central Virginia county.

Brette Stevenson, a parent of a Henley Middle School student, had complained that "A Study in Scarlet" is derogatory toward Mormons.

The Daily Progess (http://bit.ly/oRCjig ) reports that the Albemarle County School Board voted Thursday night to remove the book. A committee commissioned to study the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel said in a report that it's not age-appropriate for sixth-graders.

The book includes a flashback to 1847 Utah that recounts the actions of a Mormon community when a non-Mormon man wants to marry the daughter of one of its members.

[rosesaylavee]

1. Wow!

History and literature sure can be inconvenient sometimes.

[exboyfil]

2. Wonder what they would think of the story of

Lot and his daughters?

[WinkyDink]

3. Lot ain't running for President. ;-)

[Angry Dragon]

4. According to the republicans god is running for president

According to these standards the Bible should be banned until high school.
So much killing, sex, foreskins, more killing, more sex.............

[Javaman]

5. that's the just the excuse given...

frankly, I think they removed it because Holmes uses deductive reasoning and critical thought.

those are no-no's to any fundie of any stripe.

[Blue_Tires]

6. +1