VA School Board Votes to Remove Sherlock Holmes Book from Reading List After Parent Complains It's Derogatory to Mormons

Virginia school board votes to remove Sherlock Holmes book, "A Study in Scarlet," after parent complains it's derogatory to Mormons.

The Albemarle County School Board voted to remove a Sherlock Holmes book, "A Study in Scarlet," from sixth-grade reading lists after a parent of a Henley Middle School student complained that it is derogatory to Mormons. The Victorian-era book, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was deemed appropriate for older students. Here's an excerpt from Chapter 3:

(John Ferrier) had always determined, deep down in his resolute heart, that nothing would ever induce him to allow his daughter to wed a Mormon. Such marriage he regarded as no marriage at all, but as a shame and a disgrace. Whatever he might think of the Mormon doctrines, upon that one point he was inflexible. He had to seal his mouth on the subject, however, for to express an unorthodox opinion was a dangerous matter in those days in the Land of the Saints.

So, we have to remove books because a parent complains, but we can force so-called gay history to be taught in California schools over the objection of thousands of parents.