Posts Tagged ‘controversial books’
Sacred Texts — Part 2 — Rachna Sizemore Heizer
A previous article on this site noted that a member of the Fairfax County School Board, Karl Frisch, took his oath of office in December on a stack of controversial, sex-themed books, thereby sending an in-your-face message to the community about his ideology and priorities. See “Karl Frisch’s Sacred Texts.“ Mr. Frisch was not the only…
Read MoreAre Pornographic Books in Our Schools?
Last autumn, parents complained at a Fairfax County School Board meeting about two books found in some high school libraries. The parents alleged that the books contained homoerotic material, promoted pedophilia, and were otherwise age-inappropriate. The questioned books were Gender Queer (2019) by Maia Kobabe, which was owned by seven high schools, and Lawn Boy…
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