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Burgess Owens: Our nation's most consequential book banning was done by Supreme Court in 1963, when officially mandated Bible reading…

On the recordOctober 18, 2023
Our nation's most consequential book banning was done by Supreme Court in 1963, when officially mandated Bible reading, this book, is banned from all of us.
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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Owens discusses the historical context of book banning related to Bible reading.

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