Board baulks at Bible ban
NZPA-Reuter Dublin i The Irish Censorship I Board has decided not to | i ban the Bible. 1 It rejected a complaint i by a Dublin housewife,. 1 Anne Spicer, who said it < glorified violence. I The board, which has < banned Hindu erotic art j books and the inter- i nationally available sex manual, i “The Joy of I Sex”, said it had consid- ; ered Ms Spicer’s com- ] plaint against the Bible < with great care but de- il
cided to take no action. ! She reacted angrily to) the decisioln, telling the “Irish Press,” “How do the censors explain their banning | of) a Hindu book of erotic "art? Hinduism has at least as valid a claim to historical importance | [as JudaeoChristian writing. “The Hindu book celebrated lust and sexuality and was [ banned. The Bible glorifies death and destruction and is not banned.” j !
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Press, 10 March 1988, Page 8
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