wolfriverjoe 1,329 #1 Posted March 26, 2023 Last year, Utah passed a law making it much easier to ban books in schools. If it has something 'offensive' in it, it doesn't matter what the work is, or the overall context. And it allows for pretty much instantaneous removal. "Based on the new Utah law, something is indecent if it includes explicit sexual arousal, stimulation, masturbation, intercourse, sodomy or fondling," The Tribune's report stated. "According to state attorneys, material doesn’t have to be 'taken as a whole' in those situations or left on the shelf during a review. If there is a scene involving any of those acts, it should be immediately removed." So a parent has filed a complaint against a book that contains: “Incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide,” the parent wrote in their request. You know... The Bible.https://www.rawstory.com/gop-lawmaker-very-sad-utah-parent-used-his-law-to-request-ridden-bible-be-removed-from-school/?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&fbclid=IwAR0uIGrvNiAGAetHXq1BtuXKxqTG5YUD3W3Cg_pagOzAOMuX-ZNrfl8XQDY 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,090 #2 March 26, 2023 Ooooh. Yeah, they didn't mean it that way. Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,329 #3 March 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, wmw999 said: Ooooh. Yeah, they didn't mean it that way. Wendy P. No. Of course not. It was those 'evil LGBTQ people' and those 'uppity minorities that think they're as good as US' Apparently those 'lawmakers' never heard of the 'law of unintended consequences'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnhking1 66 #4 March 26, 2023 With the state of todays education, is it really necessary to ban books, kids can't read. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,356 #5 March 26, 2023 6 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said: So a parent has filed a complaint against a book that contains: “Incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide,” the parent wrote in their request. You know... The Bible. I don't get it. How does that own the libs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites