School Sex Books Mandatory: Virginia Governor Veto

Representatives of the citizens of Virginia overwhelmingly passed legislation to require schools to inform parents of sexually explicit book assignments in order to allow parents to "opt out" their children, but the governor vetoed the bill this week saying that the state Board of Education, which is eternally controlled by liberals, might someday enact something similar on its own initiative.

[Besides,] "this legislation lacks flexibility and would require the label of 'sexually explicit' to apply to an artistic work based on a single scene, without further context."
-- Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), Virginia

Informing parents of the curriculum would impede the school's sexual indoctrination programs.

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Illinois School Board OKs Kids' Demands for Dirty Book

California School Pushes Porn Sex Ed, Parents Outraged

Porn Novel for Freshmen Orientation in South Carolina

Children can be protected by citizens' involvement, as shown when parents challenge the schools.

-- From "Virginia Governor Vetoes Sexually Explicit Books Bill" posted at WRC-TV4 NBC News Washington, D.C. 4/4/16

The measure, which is backed by GOP House Speaker William Howell, was brought to the General Assembly by a Fairfax County mother [Laura Murphy] who protested the use of Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' in her son's high school senior class. The 1987 novel set in the post-Civil War era includes scenes depicting sex, rape and bestiality.

The bill initially flew through the GOP-controlled House with unanimous support [including from all of the Democrats]. But outcry from Democrats and free-speech groups grew as the bill received more attention. The 22-17 vote in the Senate means there's likely not enough support to override the governor's veto in that chamber.

The bill would direct the state Board of Education to create a policy on sexually explicit books for elementary and secondary schools. Under the policy, schools would be required to provide an alternative to the sexually explicit book if a parent objects.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "McAuliffe vetoes bill permitting parents to block sexually explicit books in school" by Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post 4/4/16

“School boards are best positioned to ensure that our students are exposed to those appropriate literary and artistic works that will expand students’ horizons and enrich their learning experiences,” [Gov. McAuliffe] said in the veto message.

Del. R. Steven Landes (R- Augusta), chairman of the House Education Committee, sponsored the bill at the request of House Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford), making it a top priority for the overwhelmingly Republican House.

Landes called the veto “disappointing” and said he would introduce the legislation again next year if the state doesn’t change the regulations.

The National Council of Teachers of English and the National Coalition Against Censorship opposed the bill; the conservative Family Foundation of Virginia favored it.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Gov. vetoes bill requiring schools to ID sexually explicit material" by Jim Nolan, Richmond Times-Dispatch 4/4/16

“Parents make decisions every day about what video games kids play, what movies they watch and what material they consume online,” [Del.] Landes said in a statement. “They should have the same opportunity within the classroom.”

Landes said Virginia already has similar policies for sexual education and science curriculum. He said he brought the legislation because the Board of Education has “put this issue off for several years” and said he would reintroduce the bill again next year if regulatory changes are not implemented.

“It is remarkable that the governor has so little respect for parents who simply want to know and be free to make decisions about what their kids are being taught,” said Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia.

“Parents are not the enemy of education, they are the driving force behind their children learning and succeeding,” she added. “If schools and teachers have nothing to hide, there should have been no opposition to this common sense transparency measure.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Atheists' X-Rated Bible to Florida Schools

The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation prevailed in a lawsuit against Orange County, Florida and now says that it will be distributing atheist literature (book cover at right) in the high schools that claim the Bible is too obscene for students.  School officials admit their only choice to stop the atheists is to restrict the Bible as well.

"The school board between now and then can say we’re not distributing any materials. . . . Period."
-- Katherine Marsh, Communications Director, Orange County Public Schools

For background, read Satanic Book Distribution in Florida Schools

UPDATE 1/14/15: Atheists, Satanists Force Bible Ban in Orange County Florida



-- From "What School Officials Have Just Agreed To Do With This Shocking Booklet Will Leave You Speechless" by Norvell Rose, Western Journalism 10/23/14

High school students in Florida will soon be given free copies of a Bible-bashing booklet promoted by an atheist organization — a publication whose front cover depicts a lecherous, cartoon Bible sexually assaulting a screaming woman.

The pamphlet entitled “An X-Rated Book: Sex and Obscenity in the Bible” will be distributed in 11 public high schools in Orange County, Florida. An atheist organization, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), pressured reluctant school officials who eventually agreed to allow the booklet to be handed out to students.

And when will this little purple pamphlet be offered to Florida teens for free in their schools? On National Religious Freedom Day this coming January.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Will this shocking atheist pamphlet be handed out in some Florida schools?" By Husna Haq, Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor 10/23/14

The pamphlet includes Biblical passages mentioning sex, nudity and circumcision, excerpts that the FFRF deems "obscene" and is including in its pamphlet to make a point that the Bible also contains explicit material.

According to a news release posted on its website, the FFRF also plans to distribute other previously banned pamphlets that discuss what the Bible says about abortion and which, according to the school district, “assert that God is hateful, arrogant, sexist and cruel." It also plans to make available for students Robert Price’s Jesus Is Dead, which the district banned earlier because “[t]he claim that Jesus was not crucified or resurrected is age-inappropriate for the maturity levels of many of the students in high school.”

On May 2, 2013, the FFRF distributed approved materials at some Orange County schools, but on June 13, 2013, the group filed a lawsuit against OCPS, claiming the school district had unlawfully discriminated against it and violated its First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by banning certain materials, as reported by CNS News.

After talks with legal counsel, the school ultimately decided to allow the FFRF to distribute the materials that were previously banned and the lawsuit was dismissed.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Illustration to be Handed Out at Public Schools: Human Bible Sexually Assaulting Woman" by Brittany M. Hughes, CNSNews.com 10/22/14

[FFRF Legal Counsel Andrew] Seidel said he believes the school district backed down from it position banning some of FFRF’s materials after realizing it could not legally keep FFRF from passing out materials while still allowing Bibles to be distributed.

According to Seidel, OCPS is the first school district the group has targeted for distribution of its materials--but it won’t be the last.

“We’re focusing on Orange County for the moment, but we will probably be expanding to other school districts that allow this,” he explained.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Satanic Book Distribution in Florida Schools

Literature from The Satanic Temple of New York will be given to students in Orange County, Florida schools in order to avoid lawsuits against the public schools from anti-Christian organizations who are opposed to Bible distributions at schools.

UPDATE 10/24/14: Atheists' X-Rated Bible to Florida Schools

UPDATE 1/14/15: Atheists, Satanists Force Bible Ban in Orange County Florida

UPDATE 3/28/16: Satanic, Atheist Books Provided in Colorado Schools

For background, read Jesus & Chaplains Banned from Florida Schools Football

Also read Satanists For Abortion Shout Down Texas Christians as well as Satan on Throne at Oklahoma Capitol with ACLU Help

In addition, read Atheists Threaten to Sue Every School in Tennessee and in Mississippi but admit they're Short on Lawyers to Sue ALL Christians



-- From "Satanists want to distribute pamphlets at Orange County schools" posted at WESH-TV2 (Orlando, FL) 9/16/14

The relatively new Satanic Temple believes Satan is "the eternal rebel against the ultimate tyrant" and claims to support social justice causes.

The Satan worshipers said they don't want to establish a precedent of providing religious pamphlets in public schools and prefer a strict separation of church and state.

But the group said if the Orange County Public Schools system is going to allow both bibles and atheist materials to get distributed to students, like they did last year, they want information from the Satanic Temple handed out as well.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.



From "Satanists want to give out materials in Orange schools" by Lauren Roth, Orlando Sentinel 9/16/14

. . . Orange [County] has twice allowed a group called World Changers of Florida to distribute Bibles, and an atheist group gave out materials last year. In both cases, district counsel Woody Rodriguez said the pamphlets and books were being allowed to avoid a lawsuit.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its local affiliate, the Central Florida Freethought Community, sued Orange schools last year after some of their materials were censored. The case was dismissed earlier this year when the school district agreed to allow all of the materials to be given out.

"They have no ability to keep out the Satanists and the literature they want to distribute unless they close the forum altogether," said FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Satan vs. God Is Supreme Court Justice's Decision

And read Pope Francis Warns of Satan; Media, Take Heed!

Calif. School Pushes Porn Sex Ed, Parents Outraged

Superintendent Jim Morris at the Fremont (California) Unified School District said the faculty unanimously insisted that a new college-level textbook replace the decade-old textbook that didn't include the latest kinky sex training for the school's 14- and 15-year-olds. However, thousands of local parents insisting on their approval also, want the $204,600 book purchase trashed.

The media have provided extensive interviews with only one parent supporting the book, Becky Bruno, who is presented as the parent of a junior high boy, but the fact that she is a teacher in the district is not disclosed.

UPDATE 3/17/15: Pornography Belongs in Classroom, More Experts Say

UPDATE 10/17/14: President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

For background, click headlines below for previous articles:

X-Rated Sex Ed for California 8th Grade; Parents Livid

New Hampshire School Teaches Porn, Complaining Dad Arrested

Parent Reports Obscene School Event with Sex Toys

Secret Sex Training of 6th-Graders in Oregon

Education Experts Say Use Porn in Teaching Sex Ed

Relax Parents, Sexting Simply How Kids Flirt Today

In addition, read how public schools integrate pornography and sex training into the curriculum and also read the myriad examples of kids' sexcapades starting in kindergarten and even pre-school.

UPDATE 11/15/14: Chicago Pre-teen Sex Ed Pornographic, Parents Say





-- From "Fremont Sex-Ed Textbook With Topics On Bondage, Vibrators Along With Explicit Diagrams Has Parents Riled Up" by Chris Filippi, KPIX-TV5 CBS (San Francisco, CA) 8/6/14

The book, titled “Your Health Today” is almost 400 pages long and among the subject includes information on bondage, orgasms, vibrators, along with explicit drawings and diagrams.

The text also describes how to buy and use condoms and addresses masturbation, binge-drinking and shows sex organs in various stages of arousal.

Students are even agreeing that the book may be going over the line.

“I don’t think we really need to know about that at this age,” said Judy Le, a senior at Kennedy High School. “I feel like it’s more of like, adults.”

Fremont is the only school district in California using the book.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Too much sex in sex education book, Fremont parents say" by Doug Oakley, Oakland Tribune 8/8/14

Teri Topham, whose daughter is going into ninth grade in Fremont and who teaches high school at a Fremont charter school, said she would throw the book out.

"I flipped through it and saw sections that mentioned bondage with ropes and handcuffs," Topham said. "Not only does it have material that is too explicit and inappropriate, it doesn't meet their need for their ages. I am astounded the health teachers and school board said, 'yes, this is the best book we could find.'"

"There's a section that tells you how to talk to your prospective partners about your sexual history," said Asfia Ahmed, a parent and school district employee who said she may sue the district if it does not remove the book. "How does that relate to a 14-year-old kid? I don't see it at all."

"But I am a very liberal person, and, in spite of that, I still find the book shocking," Ahmed said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Sex toy, bondage topics spark backlash against ninth-grade textbook" by Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times 8/7/14

[Parents say the book is] "extremely inappropriate" for teens because it addresses sexual fantasies and sex games.

Parents organizing the petition have called for the college-level book to be removed from all Fremont schools and are asking for the formation of a Health Textbook Selection Committee.

A petition signer identified as Thomas Lo wrote: "In a city with diverse ethnicity and religions it is highly advisable to have a committee with broad representation to review the textbooks on sex education before they are allowed to use. This is the only way to avoid dispute later that tarnishes the Board of Education's reputation."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Fremont district shelves sex ed textbook after parent outrage" Kale Williams, San Francisco Chronicle 8/8/14

In a statement released Friday, Superintendent Jim Morris recommended that the Board of Education shelve the implementation of the book, "Your Health Today," until parents' concerns could be further examined.

The district said it had been in contact with the book's publisher, McGraw Hill, and was exploring the possibility of modifying the text to both meet students' needs and address parents' concerns.

"Administration and staff believes the textbook will be an asset to our health curriculum in that it provides the current, accurate, factual and relevant information our students need to make responsible decisions about their health," Morris said in a statement.

In the interim, the district will go back to the textbook it used last year, pending approval from the board.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

UPDATE 11/12/14: "Why Schools Can't Teach Sex Ed in the Internet Age" by Alexandra Sifferlin, TIME Magazine

“I was just astounded,” says Fremont mom Teri Topham. “My daughter is 13. She needs to know how boys feel. I frankly don’t want her debating with other 13-year-olds how well the adult film industry is practicing safe sex.” Another parent, Asfia Ahmed, who has eight and ninth grade boys, adds: “It assumes the audience is already drinking alcohol, already doing drugs, already have multiple sexual partners…Even if they are experimenting at this age, it says atypical sexual behaviors are normal.”

“I think denying that [sex] is part of our culture in 2014 is really not serving our kids well,” says Lara Calvert-York, president of the Fremont school board, who argues that kids are already seeing hyper-sexualized content—on after school TV. “So, let’s have a frank conversation about what these things are if that’s what the kids need to talk about,” she says. “And let’s do it in classroom setting, with highly qualified, credentialed teachers, who know how to have those conversations. Because a lot of parents don’t know how to have that conversation when they’re sitting next to their kids and it comes up in a TV show. Everyone is feeling a little awkward.”

But the Fremont parents aren’t budging. “Any good parent monitors what their child has access to,” says Topham. “We don’t say, ‘they’re going to drink anyway, let’s give them a car with bigger airbags.’” . . .

TIME reviewed the leading research on the subject as well as currently available resources to produce the information that follows, as well as specific guides to how and when to talk to kids on individual topics. . . .

To read this entire very extensive article in TIME Magazine, CLICK HERE.

Also read how Planned Parenthood teams up with schools by providing "kinky sex trainers" for kids.  After all, hooking kids on sex is Planned Parenthood's business model.

NH School Teaches Porn, Complaining Dad Arrested

William Baer told the Gilford, New Hampshire school board they had no right to require his 14-year-old daughter to read a pornographic novel, but when he spoke beyond the 2-minute limit, he was handcuffed, arrested, required to post $700 bond to get out of jail, and faces a potential $1,200 misdemeanor fine.

“The board apologizes for the discomfort of those impacted and for the failure of the school district to send home prior notice of assignment of the novel.”
-- School statement issued AFTER the board meeting

UPDATE 5/20/14: Pro-porn liberals, media destroy character of father (see UPDATE article excerpts below)

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Illinois School Board OKs Kids' Demands for Dirty Book

Porn Novel for Freshmen Orientation in South Carolina

ACLU Sues to Display Books of Lesbians to Kindergartners

Arizona School OKs Teacher: Pedophilia, Bestiality

Education Experts Say Use Porn in Teaching Sex Ed

Children can be protected by citizens' involvement, as shown when parents challenge the schools.

UPDATE 6/23/14: Parent Reports Obscene School Event with Sex Toys

Excerpts from page 313 of the offending novel:

“‘Relax,’ Matt murmured, and then he sank his teeth into her shoulder. He pinned her hands over her head and ground his hips against hers. She could feel his erection, hot against her stomach.

” … She couldn’t remember ever feeling so heavy, as if her heart were beating between her legs. She clawed at Matt’s back to bring him closer.

“‘Yeah,’ he groaned, and her pushed her thighs apart. And then suddenly Matt was inside her, pumping so hard that she scooted backward on the carpet, burning the backs of her legs. … (H)e clamped his hand over her mouth and drove harder and harder until Josie felt him come.

“Semen, sticky and hot, pooled on the carpet beneath her.”

Click here to view Megyn Kelly (Fox News) interview parent William Baer

-- From "Gilford parent alleges conspiracy in arrest during school board meeting" by Dan Seufert, New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent 5/6/14

The superintendent said Baer did follow school policy and met with Gilford High School Principal Peter Sawyer about the issue Monday afternoon, before the [school board] meeting.

[Then, Baer] went to the school board meeting and pointed out the school erred in not giving notice to parents about the book’s use in class.

After exceeding his allotted two minutes to speak Monday night, Baer began arguing with another resident at the meeting . . .  [then] Lt. James Leach, who is the town’s acting police chief, arrested him on a charge of disorderly conduct.

Baer said the video, which was posted on YouTube Tuesday afternoon, shows Superintendent Kent Hemingway pointing to Leach when Baer began arguing with the other parent. He claims that is evidence that Hemingway organized the arrest.

“I was set up. The cop got the high sign, and I was arrested,” Baer said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Arrest brings attention to Picoult book in Gilford curriculum" by Iain Wilson, Concord Monitor staff 5/7/14

. . . Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes, [is] an award-winning novel based on a school shooting in a fictional New Hampshire high school. The novel contains depictions of physical violence in public schools and a scene of graphic sexual activity, and it has been a reading selection available to Gilford High School staff since 2007.

The school district has acted swiftly since some parents’ concerns were brought to their attention, Hemingway said. “We’ve tried to be as transparent as possible through all of this,” he said yesterday. Informational notices were sent home with students and posted on the district website [on the school day] before and after the meeting.

During the meeting, the board heard from administrators, parents, students and community members about the Nineteen Minutes assignment. Afterward, high school Principal Peter Sawyer personally contacted more than 100 parents whose children were given the book, Gilford Superintendent Kent Hemingway said. Eighty percent of those parents consented directly, 10 percent said they didn’t want their child to read the book and 10 percent were undecided.

About eight to 10 students were given alternate assignments, but Nineteen Minutes will not be removed as an option for teachers, Hemingway said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Gilford parent arrested for book protest" posted at Laconia (New Hampshire) Daily Sun 5/6/14

[Baer] challenged Superintendent Kent Hemingway to read a copy of the controversial passage aloud at the public input session of last night's meeting. But Sue Allen, School Board chairman, who had earlier set a limit of two minutes on public input on the issue and ruled that no one could speak a second time, said no one from the board or administration would be reading any material submitted at the meeting aloud.

Doug Lambert later read the offending page, which described a sex act between teenagers, and later in the meeting, when a second public input session was held, read a passage from the Bible which said that those who sinned against the innocent be cast into the sea with a millstone around their neck.

Other parents supported Baer's stance. Sarah Carrignan said that she was "utterly appalled that this was acceptable. My son should never have had the book in his hand" and said that the waiver sent home which would allow their children to read the book was "garbage."

. . . [School] officials said that when "Nineteen Minutes" was assigned in past years, parents were notified for their approval and conceded this procedure was not followed last week. A statement was sent to parents yesterday notifying them of the book and its content and acknowledging the oversight.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
 
UPDATE 5/20/14: "Father at center of Gilford High School book controversy gets national attention" by Dan Seufert, New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent

News outlet investigators have also revealed that Baer is what some call a “Birther,” and has been in the public eye on other issues in the past.

Baer admits to both claims. A birther is slang for a person who does not believe President Barack Obama was born a U.S. citizen.

Meanwhile, at other websites and new[s] programs which tend to favor liberal causes, he was labeled as a “Fox and Tea Party Hero.”

Baer readily admitted that he was once active in a New Jersey political group that questioned whether Obama was really born in America. He said he’s still not sure about the President’s birthplace, but is no longer heavily invested in the cause.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read the case of David Parker, a Massachusetts parent arrested for opposing kindergarten indoctrination.

Porn Novel for Freshmen Orientation in S. Carolina

The College of Charleston (South Carolina) requires all incoming freshmen students to read the pornographic comic-strip novel "Fun Home" by lesbian Alison Bechdel to help the high school graduates understand, “Who am I and how do I fit in?” It's a story about homosexuality, pedophilia and masturbation.

“If you're going to college, you should be able to read something that has lesbians and gays in it.”
-- Caroline Mikulski, an 18-year-old preparing for "higher education" at Charleston

According to College of Charleston spokesman Mike Robertson, the 4,000 copies of the comic book cost taxpayers $39,000 plus a $13,000 fee to Bechdel for a planned October campus visit.

For background, read Sex Training Sweeps Campuses on Taxpayers' Dime and also read Hooker, Porn Star Lectures at University of Illinois as well as Orgasm Live Demo in Chicago College Classroom

-- From "College of Charleston freshman book questioned" by The Associated Press & WCIV-TV4 ABC 7/26/13

The College issued a statement Friday, saying the school each year picks a book that will foster discussion across the campus on a current and relevant topic. The book is picked by a committee made up of faculty, staff members, administrators and students.

"Fun Home, a critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, is a coming of age story and an exploration of themes related to discovering one's identity while at the same time coming to a more nuanced understanding of one's parents and one's family history through the lenses of literature, history, and art," the College's statement read.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Palmetto Family conservative group concerned about College of Charleston's freshman book selection" by Diane Knich, Charleston Post and Courier 7/25/13

In “Fun Home,” which Bechdel has written and drawn in comic-strip form, she describes her childhood with a closeted gay father, who was an English teacher and owner of a funeral home; the trial he faced over his dealings with young boys; his possible suicide; and her own coming out as a lesbian.

Oran Smith, president and chief operating officer of Palmetto Family, which works in association with the national groups Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council, said he has “a strong concern” about the book. “I found it very close to pornography,” he said, “way over the top.”

He's not sure yet what action his group might take. “We don't think this book should be banned in America,” he said. “We don't think it should be burned. It's just not appropriate for college freshmen.”

The book was brought to his attention by an out-of-state parent whose child was assigned the book at a College of Charleston freshman orientation, he said. . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "CofC freshman book ruffles conservative group’s feathers" by Paul Bowers, Charleston City Paper 7/19/13

The book does have some drawings of nudity, including a male body on a morgue table and a few panels that show a woman performing oral sex on another woman. There is also a section that describes Bechdel's first period and first experiences with masturbation. . . .

The College Reads! book is chosen each year by a committee of faculty, staff, administrators, and students. According to a press release from the college, the committee looks for "a book of a manageable length, with a living author, with relevant themes and intellectually stimulating topics that will generate meaningful dialogue and engage the campus community in a variety of ways." Previous selections have included the food-ethics treatise Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, the Vietnam War story collection The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, and the novel Jewel by Bret Lott (an author who also aroused some controversy over the inclusion of his book The Hunt Club in public grade school libraries).

In a blog post explaining the book's selection in January, Provost George Hynd said the book was meant to inspire "important conversations" about topics including identity, diversity, and sexuality. "The themes of Fun Home support the Diversity Strategic Plan, the creation of the Gender Resource Center on campus, and speak volumes about our commitment to an open campus climate for all students," Hynd said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

In addition, read Obama Administration Muzzles College Students' Moral Speech

IL School Board OKs Kids' Demands for Dirty Book

Months ago, when parents in Glen Ellyn, Illinois learned that teachers encouraged middle school students to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower (a novel that includes profanity, homosexuality, bestiality, masturbation, incest, and rape) the school board restricted the book at the parents' request, but after a protest by the children, last night a new school board voted 6 to 1 to reinstate teaching the book.  Teachers, librarians, journalists and of course the kids are all ecstatic.

Here are just a few excerpts from the book -- click to read more excerpts (.PDF):

. . . the boy just talked soft to her about how good she looked and things like that, and she grabbed his penis with her hands and started moving it. . . . the boy pushed the girl's head down, and she started to kiss his penis. She was still crying. Finally, she stopped crying because he put his penis in her mouth, and I don't think you can cry in that position.

"There's no condom. So, what do you think happened?" . . . "They did it doggie style with one of the sandwich bags!"

"What the f**k is wrong with you?"..."And I thought Brad was f**ked-up. Jesus"

. . . one day C.B. got so drunk at a party that he tried to "f**k" the host's dog.

-- From "Near unanimous vote puts 'Wallflower' back in Glen Ellyn classrooms" by Krystyna Slivinski, Special to the Chicago Tribune 6/11/13

During the District 41 school board meeting that packed more than 100 students, parents and concerned citizens into the district offices, supporters wore large purple buttons that said "I read banned books" while others held yellow flowers.  More than 25 people addressed the board, many making emotional pleas on the issue.

Several parents and students also spoke in support of the parents who started the debate when they complained about the mature content in the book.

Several board members agreed that a more detailed policy needs to be in place and will be discussed over the summer by members of the board's Policy Committee. For now, board members approved the language in a revised letter that will go out to parents at the beginning of the school year that describes the kinds of books available as a choice for independent reading.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Controversial book headed back to Glen Ellyn District 41 library shelves" by Christopher Placek, Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago) 6/11/13

Parents would have to sign the letter and return it to school before their child could check out books from the classroom library. They could also comment on the letter if there are texts they do not want their child reading.

The letter states, in part, that some of the books students may select as independent reading options from the classroom library may "address a variety of issues, including, but not limited to sex, drugs, mental illness and violence. Some may include strong language."

A district reconsideration committee primarily composed of teachers and administrators recommended the book be retained for independent reading by eighth-grade students and not be used for instructional purposes, but the school board voted 4-2 April 29 to remove the book from the shelves.

The controversy also got the attention of national groups such as the National Coalition Against Censorship and American Library Association, which sent letters to school board members asking them to overturn the ban.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Glen Ellyn Middle School Embroiled in Book Controversy" by Laurie Higgins, Illinois Family Institute 6/3/13

[Earlier in the school year] . . . Principal Christopher Dransoff proposed the option of teachers in the future sending out permission slips about controversial books prior to allowing students to read them, a compromise parents were willing to accept.

Dransoof soon discovered, however, that the majority of 8th grade literacy teachers would not accept such a compromise, apparently believing that such prior notification and parental permission constituted censorship and an implicit indictment of their expert judgment.

This intransigence on the part of the teachers resulted in parents pursuing the issue with the school board which [on April 29, 2013] voted 4-2 to remove the book from the middle school, which, in turn, intensified the community controversy. . . .

In addition to the arrogant unwillingness of teachers to ask for permission to teach such a controversial book, it is reported that three of the teachers, Lynn Bruno, Ali Tannenbaum, and [Tina] Booth, initiated classroom discussions on the topic, ginning up support for their position among students. It’s reported that Booth suggested to students in her class that the school board vote was unfair, that it was censorship, and that students have a “voice.” Apparently, Booth believes that the voices of 14 year-olds should have greater influence than the voices of parents and school board members. Such use of class time to engage students in a public controversy and attempt to manipulate student opinion is unprofessional and an abuse of their power and role as public servants.

Teachers who teach controversial books like The Perks of Being a Wallflower don’t really care about the feelings, beliefs, or values of conservative parents. They don’t really care about the diminished academic experience of kids who are opted out of reading controversial texts and have to spend time alone in another room reading a different book. They don’t care if they create conflict between conservative parents and their children who may resent being set apart from other kids. And they don’t care how these students feel when isolated.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.



For background, click headlines below of previous articles:

ACLU Sues to Display Books of Lesbians to Kindergartners

Librarians Hail Kids' Homosexual Indoctrination Books

Parents Challenge Books in Schools & Libraries

New Jersey School Pulls Assigned Obscene Books

Illinois School Drops Gay Agenda Books on Bullying

After Parent Complaints, Schools Drop Sexually Explicit Book Studies

Jesus Slammed in New Hampshire School Required Reading

ACLU Sues to Display Lesbians to Kindergartners

Utah parents in Davis School District complained after activist librarians purchased homosexual indoctrination books and provided free access for children as young as age five.  The school district responded by requiring parental permission slips for students to access the books, saying that state law prohibits teaching homosexuality, but the ACLU has sued the district saying that the new policy hurts the feelings of "homosexual families."

"Our job as parents is to make sure we teach our children about our values. We can do that without imposing our personal views on the rest of the school community."
-- Tina Weber, plaintiff (lesbian parent) represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah

That's certainly, an ironic statement coming from someone advocating indoctrination in her school.

For background, read Parents Force Back Gay Agenda in Several Schools and also read ACLU Threatens Schools: Must Teach Homosexuality as well as Homosexual Indoctrination Mandated for Schools

In addition, read Oklahoma Board Wants Homosexual Book Available to Kindergartners


-- From "Davis schools sued over policy on 2 moms book" by The Associated Press 11/13/12

The lawsuit claims it's unconstitutional to require elementary school students have a parent's permission to check out "In Our Mothers' House," a picture book featuring three adopted children growing up with two mothers.

"Public schools cannot remove books from the library shelves because some people disagree with the books' viewpoint," said John Mejia, legal director of the ACLU of Utah. "Taking a book off the shelves and hiding it behind a librarian's desk makes the book more difficult to read, and it sends the message that there is something wrong with the book and with children who have same-sex parents."

The lawsuit asks the district to return the book to library shelves without the permission slip process. It also seeks $1 in damages, attorney's fees, and a ban on future restrictions based on a book's perceived "homosexual themes" or "advocacy of homosexuality."

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From "Utah school district sued over restricted access to lesbian family book" by Jennifer Dobner, Reuters 11/14/12

School officials acknowledge no similar limits have been placed on other titles in the library inventories of the Davis district, which encompasses an area north of Salt Lake City.

Parent Tina Weber objected to the restrictions, and attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on her behalf in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, saying the policy amounts to "prior restraint" that violates her children's free-speech rights.

Utah is not the first place parents have raised concerns about Polacco's book, which was published in 2009. A 2011 report by the ACLU of Texas showed "In Our Mothers' House" was banned in several schools in that state.

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From "ACLU Sues Over Restriction of Book About Same-Sex Parents" by Eric Peterson, Salt Lake City Weekly 11/13/12

Award-winning children’s book author Patricia Polacco’s book may just have had the apostrophe on the wrong side of the “s” in her 2009 book In Our Mothers’ House for some families in Davis County who objected last spring to the book’s placement at Winnridge Elementary, in Davis County. In April, the district voted to have the book placed behind the librarian’s desk in all district libraries and moved to require students who wanted to check the book out to first get written permission.

In the Nov. 13 lawsuit, the ACLU argues “the District has placed a discriminatory burden on students’ ability to access fully protected speech. Even worse, restricting access to In Our Mothers’ House and segregating it from the rest of the library collection places an unconstitutional stigma on the ideas contained in the book and the students who wish to read it.” According to the suit, a group of parents had complained of the book having “normalized a lifestyle we don’t agree with.”

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Illinois School Drops Gay Agenda Books on Bullying

After Christian parents and a pastor informed the Erie, IL school board of the underlying Gay Agenda incorporated into much of the latest anti-bullying campaign by educators nationwide, the school district decided to eliminate all books endorsed by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in favor of educational materials without sexualization overtones.

For background, read ACLU Threatens Schools: Must Teach Homosexuality and also read Minnesota School Succumbs to Gay Agenda Bullying as well as Tennessee Struggles for Freedom of Religion - Bullying

UPDATE 10/19/12: Parents Force Gay Agenda Backtrack by School Board



-- From "Book Ban Puts Erie In National Spotlight" by Marcia Lense, KWQC-TV6 6/7/12

Back in May, the Erie School Community District banned, 'The Family Book,' because of a page that says "some families have two moms or two dads". It was banned after parents complained to the school board.

Erie School District Superintendent Brad Cox says when the school board made its decision, there was a consensus in town to get rid of it.

"At our April board meeting, we had between 75 to 100 people show up, which is quite a few, and the vast majority who spoke at that board meeting spoke in opposition of the materials," Cox said.

He explained that the district used the book and lesson plans from the Gay-Lesbian-Straight Education Network to teach elementary students about diversity and tolerance. But when the complaints came in, a committee was formed to take a closer look at the materials.

The practice of banning books in schools is really nothing new. The Harry Potter books have been banned from some schools and the classic storybook, Grimm's Fairy Tales, is banned from elementary schools across the country.

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From "Pastor Speaks Out: GLSEN Materials Sending Conflicting Message" by Concetta Callahan, CBS WHBF-TV4 (Quad Cities IL)

"[Dozens of parents] didn't want kids to hear one thing at home and then something totally different at school," said Aaron Sweeney, Assistant Pastor at Erie Christian Church.

"Parents felt like the topic of homosexuality should be talked about strictly at home. They were uncomfortable with that being told at school," said Sweeney.

[Supt.] Cox said teaching diversity, tolerance and anti–bullying to elementary students was always done before without using GLSEN materials.

"Alternative lifestyles, sexual preferences, sexual orientation—those things have never been a part of what we've taught at the elementary school. Those aren't age appropriate discussions and so they won't be moving forward either," said Cox.

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Also read Illinois Elementary School Defies Pro-Homosexual Political Correctness (opinion)

NJ School Pulls Assigned Obscene Books

Responding to parental complaints, a New Jersey public school superintendent admitted that the books chosen by teachers and librarians for the summer reading list for middle and high schools are inappropriate for any age child due to homosexual behavior, pedophilia, and illegal drug usage.

For background, read New Jersey Tea Party Forces School Back on Gay Agenda

-- From "New Jersey School District Yanks Lesbian Sex Book From Required Summer Reading List" by Todd Starnes, FoxNews.com 8/23/11

Chuck Earling, superintendent of Monroe Township Schools in Williamstown, N.J. . . . [said] “There were some words and language that seemed to be inappropriate as far as the parents and some of the kids were concerned.”

One book, “Norwegian Wood,” was on a list for incoming sophomores in an honors English class. The book includes a graphic depiction of a lesbian sex scene between a 31-year-old woman and a 13-year old girl, according to a report first published in the Gloucester County Times.

The other book in question was “Tweak (Growing up on Methamphetamines).” That book included depictions of drug usage and a homosexual orgy.

“That has created a controversy,” Earling told Fox News Radio, referring to the drug usage – along with the lesbian and gay sex scenes. “We’ve pulled them from our summer reading list.”

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From "Risque summer reading selections have parents upset, school officials scrapping books in Monroe Township" by Rebecca Forand, Gloucester County Times 8/22/11

The school board received multiple complaints from parents at its board meeting Thursday, and the school’s administration has since removed the books from the list.

At Gateway Regional High School, the required reading lists for its students includes a multitude of choices, some of which could possibly include questionable material. But the school details that information in the summer work packet that is sent home and available online.

. . . Gateway High School’s Principal Steven Hindman [said] “I think it’s important that kids have some choice sometimes and our list allows them to.”

The school has decided to use this negative incident as a learning experience, according to Earling. For next year’s reading list, the school hopes to add some parents to the committee that chooses summer reading selections, which currently consists of staff members and administrators, and to utilize software that can scan books for inappropriate material.”

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From "A NJ school issues an apology for sexual content in summer reading list" by Husna Haq, Christian Science Monitor 8/24/11

“Norwegian Wood” [is] by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Murakami is a major figure in in postmodern literature – he has been awarded both the Franz Kafka and the Jerusalem Prize – but that didn't necessarily weigh heavily with parents, some of whom were very upset to discover that "Norwegian Wood" includes a graphic lesbian sex scene. . . .

The summer reading list was put together by a committee made up of teachers, librarians, and school administrators. And the board of education approved the list.

After a slew of perplexing book bannings across the country including a Missouri school that pulled Kurt Vonnegut and a Virginia school that pulled Sherlock Holmes, some are seeing this one as a case where better judgment should have prevailed at the outset.

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Jesus Slammed in NH School Required Reading

The parents of a Bedford teen are calling for the ouster of school officials who assigned their son a book that refers to Jesus Christ as a "wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist."

-- From "Required Reading in NH High School - Jesus is a Wine Guzzling Socialist?" by Gene Byrd, The National Ledger 12/8/10

Barbara Ehrenreich is required reading in one high school in New Hampshire and the pessimistic and angry feminist writes in one of her books on her many complaints about America and Christians that Jesus Christ was a "wine guzzling socialist."

That has one set of parents of a tenth grader angry enough that they have pulled their teen out of the school and are now home-schooling 16-year-old Jordan Henderson.

A school board in New Hampshire requires 10th graders to read the book, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," described as "a first person account at a look at America through the eyes of a bitter minimum wage worker."

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From "Parents outraged over finance class reading" by Greg Kwasnik, Union Leader Correspondent 12/7/10

"We had almost PhD people letting this fumble through their fingers, and they all said it was grand," said Dennis Taylor, a conservative Christian. "I think there should be a review of these individuals and perhaps some firing done."

Taylor and his wife Aimee . . . complained about the book to the school district, citing its occasional use of obscene dialogue and anti-capitalist message.

"The author is a known social Marxist, hates everything American, everything that America stands for or was built on," Aimee Taylor said. "I mean when you read the book you see that strongly in this woman's agenda. It's horrible."

In response to the Taylors' complaint, school district officials convened a materials review committee of teachers, administrators and community members to assess the book. Upon review, the committee ruled that the book's educational merit outweighed its shortcomings.

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From "Required reading questioned at NH school" posted at WHDH TV-7 Boston 12/6/10

“We need to see what our children are being fed because we can’t trust the school,” said Amy Taylor.

The Taylors will speak before the school board next week.

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Parents Challenge Books in Schools & Libraries

Organized grassroots activism, aided by Internet coordination, becoming more effective in screening immoral/pornographic/profane/obscene books aimed at children

For background, read After Parent Complaints, Schools Drop Sexually Explicit Book Studies

UPDATE 8/24/11: New Jersey School Pulls Assigned Obscene Books after Parental Complaints

-- From "Those challenging books find strength in numbers" by Didi Tang and Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY 11/30/10

Shortly after the fall semester began this year, Wesley Scroggins, a parent of three in Republic, Mo., publicly criticized the local school district for carrying books that he described as soft pornography.

"We've got to have educated kids, and we've got to be a moral people," Scroggins said then. "I've been concerned for some time what students in the schools are being taught."

Whereas challenges once were mostly launched by a lone parent, [American Library Association attorney Deborah] Caldwell-Stone says she has noticed "an uptick in organized efforts" to remove books from public and school libraries. A number of challenges appear to draw from information provided on websites such as Parents Against Bad Books in Schools, or PABBIS.org, and Safelibraries.org, she says.

And the latest wrinkle: A wave of complaints around the nation about inappropriate material in public schools has stirred emotional argument over just how much freedom should be extended to students in advanced courses.

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From "Book Banning Epidemic in Southwest Missouri Fueled by Public University Professor" by William Browning, Yahoo! Contributor Network 9/21/10

The Springfield News-Leader reports today that three books are being reconsidered in the Republic School District. Wesley Scroggins, associate professor of business at Missouri State University and concerned parent, wrote an editorial to the newspaper on Sunday warning that "parents need to be cautious" regarding sex education and obscene books in the Republic School System. He points out several issues with the eighth grade sex education curriculum and the book "Slaughterhouse-Five."

The News-Leader states that Scroggins' complaints also contend that Republic teaches evolution, covers inappropriate material in sex education classes, and uses textbooks that teach errors about American government and history. Scroggins says further in his editorial that the curriculum is "unacceptable considering that most of the school board members and administrators claim to be Christian. How can Christian men and women expose children to such immorality?"

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Librarians Hail Kids' Homosexual Indoctrination Books

The American Library Association's Youth Media Awards will include books normalizing homosexual behavior for kids. Thus, these books will be added to public school collections and curricula.

For background, read Gay Agenda of the American Library Association Documented

-- From "Children’s Book Prizes to Include Gay and Lesbian Category" by Hillel Italie, Associated Press 11/1/10

The library association issued a statement Monday saying that the Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award has been added to the ALA's Youth Media Awards, watched closely by educators and librarians as they decide which books to add to their collections.

The Stonewall prize honors "English-language works for children and teens of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience." Stonewall awards for adult books were started nearly 40 years ago, but the children's category only now.

"Ours is a very inclusive profession and we represent a wide variety of viewpoints," says [ALA] president Roberta Stevens . . . "Millions of children in this country are being raised by gay or lesbian parents. There are young people who are gay and sometimes they feel very alone. This is a real opportunity for youths who may be feeling alone to read about other like themselves."

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From "Prize Is Created for Gay Literature for Young Readers" by Julie Bosman, New York Times 11/1/10

Robert Stevens, the president of the American Library Association, said in a statement that children’s books that include the experiences of gays and lesbians “are critical tools in teaching tolerance, acceptance and the importance of diversity.”

The American Library Association said there was a growing demand for high-quality children’s books that reflect the experiences of gays and lesbians, citing a national statistic that about 14 million children have a gay or lesbian parent.

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Tea Party Forces School Back on Gay Agenda

"We monitor the school boards, the county freeholders, the New Jersey Legislature. There's a lot of people out there fed up with what's going on. It's important they understand the issues before they start doing something. That's where we come in."

-- From "Burlco school board bans book on homosexuality" by James Osborne, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer 5/5/10

A Burlington County school board voted Tuesday night to pull a book depicting teenage homosexuality from its high school library shelves after protests from a local conservative group.

The Rancocas Valley Board of Education, which oversees a regional high school serving the Mount Holly area, was concerned that the book was too graphic for children, said school board member Jesse Adams.

The controversy began at a school board meeting in March when a group of 18 residents, who later identified themselves as part of the 9.12 Project, a nationwide government watchdog network launched by the talk-radio and television personality Glenn Beck, called for the banning of three books, all dealing with teenage sexuality and issues of homosexuality, said Superintendent Michael Moskalski.

The books are Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology; Love and Sex: 10 Stories of Truth; and The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities.

The proposed ban carried with it political undertones. The national 9.12 group has called for the resignation of Kevin Jennings as assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools in the U.S. Department of Education. Jennings, who is openly gay, is the former head of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

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From "Activists see momentum in book ban" by James Osborne, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer 5/6/10

The campaign at Rancocas Valley Regional High School to pull Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology and two other books dealing with teenage homosexuality is unlikely to be the last time county residents hear from [Gerry] Grabinski and his members - 358 according to the group's Web site [Burlington County 9.12].

They're already looking at petitioning the removal of the same book from the Lenape Regional High School District, which with four high schools and about 7,500 students is the county's largest school district.

In addition, 9.12 members are campaigning for such changes as an alternate teaching of global warming - the state considers Al Gore's documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, an educational resource - and a requirement that high schools teach civics as a stand-alone class.

The path to the book's ban at Rancocas Valley began last year when Beverly Marinelli, a widely known activist in Lumberton who joined 9.12 last year, was poking around online and found a list of books recommended by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

"We decided to see if these books were here, and, lo and behold, they were," Marinelli said. "There's stuff that's appropriate for children and stuff that's not. People wish to distract from the real issue by going into the 9.12 thing."

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Oklahoma Board Wants Homosexual Book Available to Kindergartners

“Buster’s Sugartime” is a children's story set in Vermont where same-sex parents are presented as normal.

-- From "Union school board keeps book on shelves" by Clifton Adcock, Tulsa World Staff Writer 1/28/10

The board voted 3-1 to keep the book . . . The issue went to the board after the parents brought their concerns to the district’s Materials Review Committee in October. The committee voted 6-1 to keep the book on the school’s library shelves.

“Buster’s Sugartime,” by Marc Brown, is a condensed version of a 2005 episode of the “Postcards from Buster” series that airs on PBS in which the anthropomorphic animated rabbit Buster visits Vermont during “Mud Season” to learn about the state and how maple syrup is made.

Most of the “Sugartime” episode is devoted to Buster’s following the children of a same-sex couple as they play, make cookies, visit a dairy, have dinner and make maple syrup. The episode was pulled from many stations after controversy erupted over showing two same-sex couples.

Vermont was the first state to legalize same-sex civil unions in 2000 and legalized same-sex marriage last year.

Don Danz, an attorney, told the school board that rather than from a religious or moral perspective, his problem with the book was that it advocated a practice that is not recognized under Oklahoma’s constitution.

Superintendent Cathy Burden argued on behalf of the district, saying the book meets criteria for literature selection and that the same-sex relationship is not the central theme of the story. She said it is appropriate for children, since the book is about Buster’s adventures with the children in Vermont.

Nancy McDonald, president of the Tulsa chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, said in a statement from Oklahomans for Equality that it is important for the children of same-sex families to know they are accepted.

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Obama Education Adviser Recommends Pornography to Children

President Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" [Kevin Jennings], already a target of social conservatives for his past drug abuse and what they say is his promotion of homosexuality in schools, is under fresh attack after it was revealed that the pro-gay group he formerly headed recommends books his critics say are pornographic.

-- From "Obama's Safe Schools Czar Tied to Lewd Readings for 7th Graders" by Maxim Lott, FOXNews.com 12/14/09

The group under fire is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which Kevin Jennings, now the assistant deputy secretary for safe and drug-free schools in the Department of Education, founded and ran from 1990 to 2008.

GLSEN says it works to create a welcoming atmosphere for homosexual students in schools, and that effort includes recommending books for students of all ages.

But critics say many of the books, particularly some that are targeted for children between Grades 7 to 12, are inappropriately explicit. A full list is available at the blog Gateway Pundit, which has published dozens of controversial passages from the books.

"Reflections of a Rock Lobster" was recommended in 1995, the year Jennings became GLSEN's first executive director; "Passages of Pride" made the list in 1997 and "Queer 13" in 1999. Those are just three out of over 100 books that GLSEN has recommended for students in grades 7-12 since 1990, and all three remain on GLSEN's recommended reading list.

. . . guidelines, listed on each book recommendation page, read: "All BookLink items are reviewed by GLSEN staff for quality and appropriateness of content. However, some titles for adolescent readers contain mature themes. We recommend that adults selecting books for youth review content for suitability."

But critics say the guidelines themselves are damning, because they confirm that GLSEN staff have checked the books for appropriateness. And Jennings, they point out, was in charge at the time.

Department of Education spokesman Justin Hamilton declined to comment about Jennings' role in recommending the books.

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Gay Agenda of the American Library Association Documented

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) says there's an entire community of people across the world who say that their sexual orientation changed from gay to straight. But they're not getting their message out, the group says, because libraries across the country refuse to carry literature that describes these experiences or any studies that support them.

-- From "Libraries Should Include Ex-Gay Books, Group Says" by Matt Bartosik, posted at NBC Chicago 10/23/09

"According to Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the [American Library Association's] Office for Intellectual Freedom, ALA policy recommends diversity in book collection development by libraries, regardless of partisan or doctrinal disapproval. However, Caldwell-Stone refuses to state whether that diversity policy includes ex-gay books," PFOX executive director Regina Griggs said in a press release.

"Books about leaving homosexuality are censored in most high school libraries, although gay-affirming books for youth are readily available," she continued.

However, the American Psychological Association, along with most mainstream medical groups, has said that mental health professionals and parents should avoid telling young people that they can change their sexual orientation.

In 2008, the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and National Association of Social Workers stated in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of California:

"Sexual orientation has proved to be generally impervious to interventions intended to change it, which are sometimes referred to as 'reparative therapy.' No scientifically adequate research has shown that such interventions are effective or safe."

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From "Gay Reversal Advocates Say School Libraries Banning Their 'Ex-Gay' Books" by Diane Macedo, FOX News 10/22/09

. . . a book like "My Genes Made Me Do It!: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation" — which argues that sexuality is shaped by a variety of factors, not just biological — can't get a spot on the school library shelf.

Neither can "You Don't Have to Be Gay," which describes author Jeff Konrad's struggle to overcome his unwanted same-sex attractions.

But "Baby Be-Bop," the coming-out story of a gay teen, which includes descriptions of his sexual encounters in bathroom stalls with men he never talks to, makes the stacks.

So does "Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth," which describes a gay teen's relationship with his tutor with excerpts like: "Matt had one leg locked between mine, so that his d—- was smashed between his stomach and my thigh. And as his hand jerked up and down on me his hips humped with the same rhythm."

Calls from Foxnews.com to Caldwell-Stone were directed to American Library Association Media Relations Manager Macey Morales, who asked for more information about PFOX's allegations and then failed to return follow-up e-mails and phone calls.

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After Parent Complaints, Schools Drop Sexually Explicit Book Studies

The book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" has been removed from Roanoke County school libraries after a parent publicly complained, resulting in a flood of citizen complaints.

-- From "Teachers tense after book complaint" by Courtney Cutright, Roanoke Times 10/15/09

The review of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is under way but school spokesman Chuck Lionberger did not specify when it will be done.

Two copies of the novel were removed from William Byrd High and a third was taken off the shelves at Hidden Valley High School. A third county school library, Cave Spring High School, also had the book until last school year when it was reported missing. Per the division's policy, the ruling on the challenged book applies to only the school where the complaint originated.

John Davis, the parent who complained, said in an interview last week he awaited the panel's decision. "It's not really anything I was looking for except making folks aware," he said. "I was hoping to get the Gospel out some more. We need repentance in the land."

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From "Gulf High IB student gets reprieve on book she objected to" St. Petersburg Times 9/17/09

It appears Marí Mercado won't have to read "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" after all. And she won't have to take a reduced score on her required International Baccalaureate program world literature essay, either.

Marí's father, Rafael, told the Gradebook that he sat with officials from Gulf High School this afternoon, and they agreed to give his daughter a new novel for her assignment.

Marí, a 16-year-old junior, had objected to the required reading of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, saying she was offended by the graphic sexual content in the book's early pages. Initially, school officials stated that they could not change the assignment. After additional review directed by the Pasco school district's curriculum department, the position seems to have softened.

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