"School Reading List Featured Books on Lesbian Sex,Gay Orgy" (Glenn Beck, San Francisco)
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The "public" that requires these types of books need to visit the back room of the local porn shop for their fix. There used to be a thing called "community standards".
I can't wait till you read to the end of this thread and read Rita's post explaining what the supposed "gay" books the OP ranted about, were really about.
I don't think they care. They'll take the word and interpretation of some hysterical blogger and run with it. Facts are apparently meaningless if it means they can enjoy an anti-gay rant...or is it deep-seated homosexual panic? It's very hard to tell!
"Most of us can remember many of the books on the assigned reading list in middle and high school — from Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” Today, however, required reading for students apparently includes “Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines,” a book that features a scene depicting a homosexual orgy and “Norwegian Wood,” a book that features a sex scene between a 31-year-old woman and a 13-year old girl."
There was a time I wouldn't have believed this type of reading material was available in a public school library, let alone recommended or even required for not only high schoolers but middle schoolers as well. But, that was before my 10 year old dd entered middle school in 5th grade in a new district. Then, I saw the type of books being recommended and/or required by her teachers and I started doing some research and discovered books in the school library that contained the type of material described in this story. I doubt that many parents realize what is being pushed on their children in the guise of "literature" in our local bookstores, public libraries and even in our schools. Many of these books come packaged in cute little pink covers. And for those that say even the classics or the Bible have references to sex and profanity, I have read both types of books and there is a glaring difference. One may have references; the other graphic depictions with little or no moral consequences.
Hello? Are you willing to admit you and your links were wrong?
I don't think they care. They'll take the word and interpretation of some hysterical blogger and run with it. Facts are apparently meaningless if it means they can enjoy an anti-gay rant...or is it deep-seated homosexual panic? It's very hard to tell!
You're probably right. There seems to be a kind of mental disconnect involved.
Hello? Are you willing to admit you and your links were wrong?
Nope, that's her usual technique - post something inflammatory about gays with only conservative blog-type links, respond (usually in a deflecting manner) a few times, and then ditch the thread when people start to make sense. Not sure why I keep feeding into this BS, but in a way it's kinda fun.
Nope, that's her usual technique - post something inflammatory about gays with only conservative blog-type links, respond (usually in a deflecting manner) a few times, and then ditch the thread when people start to make sense. Not sure why I keep feeding into this BS, but in a way it's kinda fun.
I got a good book out this, so I'm happy and content.
I got a good book out this, so I'm happy and content.
Me too, LOL... and I finally finished that other book, so now I just have to wait for those to arrive!
Ironically, one of our patrons complained about a Young Adult book this week, stating that it "glorified suicide." So for those who said I'm not connected to this issue, now what? I don't know which book it was yet, so it might not be one I personally ordered (plenty of books were there before I arrived). But I told the messenger of this complaint to find out the title, and then refer them to our manager if they want to file an official complaint. The manager and I talked about it later, and we both had the same response... not pulling a book over ONE complaint, can't please everyone, Shakespeare "glorifies" suicide too, and it would be unconstitutional to cave on this. Glad to know she's with me!
Following our conversation, she leaned over and whispered into my ear "I warned you this was a conservative community" and rolled her eyes.
That's your opinion, and thankfully you don't speak for the entire population.
When I had a student (while working at a school library) who was struggling to accept his homosexuality, how do you think he'd feel if we had banned all books that even mentioned the subject? I'll tell you - it would make him feel ashamed, afraid, and like we didn't care about him. I'm glad we can now provide books on these subjects, and whether or not you want to believe it, most of them are actually appropriate for teen readers. Have you read these titles, or are you just frightened by the mere suggestion of gayness?
Thankfully, you don't speak for most Americans.
Keep your degeneracy to yourself and away from Americas innocent children
Actually, my first reaction to this thread was laughter. I can't take people seriously when they sound perpetually hysterical and panicked about homosexuality.
To all of you who think that homosexuals are a threat to American society: Please seek professional help.
Homosexuality is not the threat.... it is the forced indoctrination to pornograghy and other degenerate topics that kids should not be exposed to
Don't you think it's up to the people in that New Jersey school district to make their own decisions about what's appropriate for their schools? My impression is that you want to impose your values on every school district in America.
Kind of like Liberals have been trying hard to impose their values on America for sometime now?
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