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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (781663)	4/25/2014 11:42:00 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578704

Tasteless Book Promoting Homosexuality Will Stay on Public School Library Shelf Two Boys Kissing, will you buy this for your grandkids, Rat? It's for young readers. Tell them it's beautiful. Time for an update on the valiant attempt by horrified parent Jessica Wilson to get the book Two Boys Kissing, which aggressively promotes teenage homosexual activity, removed from the library at Fauquier High School in Virginia. The cover of the book is not suitable to show on a family-friendly website. From the Amazon synopsis: It focuses on Harry and Craig, friends and ex-boyfriends who have set out to beat the Guinness World Record for kissing. Harry’s parents accept that he is gay and are there as witnesses, while Craig’s parents find out that he’s gay after his mother is told about their record-breaking attempt. Other characters include Tariq, the victim of a hate crime; boyfriends Neil and Peter; and female-to-male (FTM) transgender teen Avery and his [sic] love interest, Ryan. Finally, there is isolated, angry, and disaffected Cooper. He spends his nights trolling sex sites online and runs away from home when confronted by his furious parents. Not exactly a Hardy Boys mystery. Anyone who has been following the progress of the one-sided Culture War won’t be surprised how things are turning out: A review committee voted unanimously [yesterday] afternoon to keep the contested book in the school’s library after a meeting with the parent who requested the book’s removal and an emotional public hearing. A large crowd upwards of fifty people gathered in the Falcon Room at FHS. About 24 people gave their opinions on the matter and about six letters were read from those who couldn’t attend the meeting, including one from the author of the book, David Levithan. Despite the totalitarian political climate, a few put up resistance: John Green, a member of the Fauquier County Transportation Committee, said that he doesn’t think that the material in the book is suitable for children under 18. “Most High School students are under the age of 18,” said Green. “According to the Virginia Code, they are juveniles. The Virginia Code also defines obscene as material that as a whole appeals to an apparent interest in sex and excites lust. This book, I believe, meets that definition and is being made available to juveniles, which I believe to be inappropriate.” … JoEllen Murphy, a community member and parent, said that if the book were a movie, it wouldn’t be made available to minors. “The ‘F-word’ is used 10 times,” said Murphy. “If this were a movie, it would be ‘R-rated.’ According to movie guidelines, ‘R-rated’ movies require a parent or guardian to be present during the viewing of the film. So if this were a DVD, and that library were a video store, the children would not be able to check it out.” Under current conditions, no one would object to the book on the grounds that it promotes perverse and unholy sex acts associated with psychological dysfunction and known to spread lethal diseases. A moonbat teacher at the meeting accused opponents of the book of not approving of evangelizing for homosexuality, knowing that at this point, to question the sanctity of depravity is to lose the argument. Liberal social engineers will be encouraged by evidence that the public school propaganda campaign encouraging homosexuality is bearing fruit, so to speak: FHS = Fauquier High School. Watch how you pronounce Fauquier. http://moonbattery.com/?p=45007