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After the Spotsylvania County school board rescinded it's plan to pull sexually explicit books from libraries, many have been left wondering why.
Passionate testimony against removing the books from LGTBQ+ activists in large part aided the board's decision to think twice about removing these books, but critics of their argument have pointed out that these books are quite literally pornography on the page.
Instead of offering an opinion on this, we would like for our readers to form a decision, simply based on textual evidence. If you would like to read more about this story please click below:
The following images are from a book called "Sold" by Patricia McCormick. This book is available in k-12 libraries.
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This next excerpt is from a book called "33 Snowfish" by Adam Rapp.
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This next series of text is from a book called, "Like a Love Story" by Abdi Nazemian.
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This final series of excerpts is from a book called, "All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memorial- Manifesto" by George Johnson.
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This evidence raises many questions for the safety of students, and the consent of their parents. All of this evidence was presented to the Spotsylvania school board, and nothing was done about it.
The SCSU implores any parents and students reading this, to report this to principles and local authorities.