Books are often banned on the basis of SEX! In 1985 The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier was banned from the Stroudsburg (PA) high school library because... "It's blatantly graphic, pornographic and wholly unacceptable for a high school library."
It was also challenged at Beaver Local Board of Education Meeting in Lisbon Ohio in 2001 as a "pornographic book that should be removed from high school English Classes"
Source: Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. From the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.
Here's a more recent example:
No Fear Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (Sparknotes) Some Parents in Liberty, South Carolina (2012) are furious about the book their kids are reading in middle school. They say it's too mature for their kids because of the sex. The book in question is an easy to read version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Source: Doyle, Robert P., Books Challenged or Banned 2011-2012 . Chicago: American Library Association, 20011-12. From the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.
It was also challenged at Beaver Local Board of Education Meeting in Lisbon Ohio in 2001 as a "pornographic book that should be removed from high school English Classes"
Source: Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. From the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.
Here's a more recent example:
No Fear Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (Sparknotes) Some Parents in Liberty, South Carolina (2012) are furious about the book their kids are reading in middle school. They say it's too mature for their kids because of the sex. The book in question is an easy to read version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Source: Doyle, Robert P., Books Challenged or Banned 2011-2012 . Chicago: American Library Association, 20011-12. From the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.