Not everyone likes Sherlock Holmes. In August 2011, a school board in Albemarle County, Virginia took out the first Holmes story "A Study in Scarlet" from the reading curriculum for sixth-graders after receiving a complaint from an annoyed parent.
The parent said it was an "inaccurate introduction to an American ____", and the board agreed, ruling it "age-inappropriate".
What was the parent complaining about?
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The blank is "religion", the religion being Mormonism. The story paints Mormons as villains with lots of deplorable customs.
Previous IZs on the topic: Q.407, Q.445.