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What does teaching a child how to do BJs and the finer points of masturbation have to do with success in school? Does it help a child's ability to learn math facts, how to read, or understand what they're reading? What is it that our schools should be teaching, anyway? If you're the newly-elected Fairfax County, Va., school board president, gay sex should be front and center. In fact, when Karl Frisch took his oath of office, he laid his left hand on gay porn books and, with his right arm raised and his male partner looking adoringly at him,...

The author of a book which was pulled from schools across the US over its description of a sex act between two 10-year-old boys has said it was never intended for young children. Lawn Boy, a 2018 novel by Jonathan Evison, drew national attention in 2021 after it was found in school libraries despite scenes that parents labeled 'pedophilic'. School districts in at least 12 states removed the book from libraries because of the controversial passages. The passages included descriptions of a sexual encounter between two fourth-grade boys at a church youth-group meeting. Evison told The Washington Post the book...

Man convicted of riding lawn mower while drunk By Lisa Patterson Tuesday, December 6, 2005 11:07 AM PST Print Version | E-mail This Story Daily World writer MONTESANO — No doubt about it, Jack Dean Reber of McCleary was half-cut when he got behind the wheel of his bright red Sentinel riding lawn mower last June. Reber, 45, was cruising down 3rd Street in McCleary on his way to cut the lawn at the VFW hall for the upcoming Bear Festival lawn mower races. He was going about 3 mph when he was pulled over by a trooper. “In this...