Debate over controversial books dominates Fairfax Co. schools' meeting again

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Debate over controversial books dominates Fairfax Co. schools’ meeting again

Nick Iannelli | [e-mail]

December 3, 2021, 6:05 AM

A meeting held by the Fairfax County School Board Thursday turned into a debate and a protest over controversial books that were recently placed back into school libraries.

“I’m here to offer voice to the parents who are fighting to protect their children from exposure to pornographic material,” said one speaker, Lin-Dai Kendall.

It was the first meeting since the board announced last week that it would return two controversial books to high school libraries.

The board’s decision to return the books — “Lawn Boy” and “Gender Queer: A Memoir” — followed an extensive review into complaints that the books contained sexually explicit content and were inappropriate for high school students.

“Pornography in our schools is illicit,” Kendall said. “Protecting the innocence of our children is our duty.”

“A small minority of parents should not decide what books are in the library,” said Christina McCormick, another speaker at Thursday’s meeting.

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[Srkdqltr]

1. Can they embarrass their kids any more?

[The Magistrate]

2. Have These People Ever Seen Any Pornography, Sir?

Seriously --- I suggest a 'compare and contrast' exercise, or even a simple 'one of these things is not like the others' test ought to be a part of any such discussion.

Also anyone describing anything currently appearing in a school library or on a class reading list as pornography ought to be required to turn over a year's browser history....

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Where's Potter Stewart when we need him? NT

[colsohlibgal]

4. It Is Like A Cult

And it all reminds me of film I have seen of the Nazi takeover of Germany such as book burnings.

It’s not pornography it’s literature, God forbid they get exposed to different cultures and lifestyles.

I’m almost to the point of wanting to wall off a couple of very sparsely populated States and let them be nuts while the rest of us sane people live our lives.