Posted on 11/22/2021 11:34:27 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday sent a letter demanding a Kansas City, Missouri school district return two LGBTQ-themed books to library shelves.
The North Kansas City School District pulled “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Fun House” from high schools this month in response to parent complaints.
The district is reviewing the titles, and the books are expected to be discussed during a Monday school board meeting.
In a letter to school officials, the ACLU of Missouri said removing the books violates students’ First Amendment rights by restricting their access to ideas.
“Students must be free to access library books—without discrimination or censorship—that are LGBTQ+ affirming as well as books that provide an inclusive and accurate history of racism,” ACLU of Missouri Executive Director Luz María Henríquez said in a statement.
Students also are petitioning to have the books returned.
“All Boys Aren’t Blue” is a coming-of-age memoir about the author’s experience as a queer, Black adolescent. “Fun House” is about the author’s relationship with her gay father.
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F the ACLU. These are minors.
Go pound sand...
re: “Students must be free to access library books—without discrimination or censorship”
‘YouTube Kids’ censors too, ACLU ...
All the violations of civil rights and the constitution recently and not a peep out of the ACLU. But this is what spurs them into action?!
The ACLU is populated by useless, miserable, perverted, piles of crap.
Put them in the public library (if you must), but the school is no place for this (reading, writing and arithmetic, and all that stuff).
Sums up my response rather neatly.
Oh, that's rich. I can think of plenty of IDEAS the Left works 24/7/365 to KILL in this country. Ideas like love of country, God, traditional family just to start. *Spit*. Filthy degenerates.
Soon as they demand that libraries put back “Green Eggs and Ham” I’ll start listening.
No?
Okay.
Wow! My old school district!
“Students must be free to access library books—without discrimination or censorship”
Oh, you mean like the Bible?
Bingo!
So they believe kids should be exposed to ALL ADULT ideas - including the perverted.
Pure evil.
A sternly written letter 😳
Notice how YOUR civil liberties don’t matter a whit.
They also need to get rid of one entitled Genderqueer.
As with so much else, this argument loses a lot in this era of the internet! Just as attacking a baker or florist for an unwillingness to violate personal moralities when there are multiple alternatives, when you have a veritable firehose available at that very library's computers, there is a real doubt as to restricting student's 1st Amendment rights!
If memory serves, one has a right to speak, write, shixx on flag, but no right to be heard or watched.
Parental rights anyone at ACLU?
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