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Yet again, libraries are under attack for attempting to educate children without a Christian agenda. I stumbled across this material today while trying to research my presentation for tomorrow, and I could not help but submit my own letter to the editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. While I don't expect it to appear ("democrat"-gazette my ass), I thought that I would publish it myself, right here on Narcissistic Nutjobs Not-so-Anonymous.
The link above is a link to the "controversy" and the petition to remove sex-ed books from shelves in Fayetteville schools. The following is my letter of response (keep in mind that I was working under a word limit):
While I encourage parents to involve themselves in the education of their children, I am disturbed to see the vehemence with which Laurie Taylor and many others have attacked Arkansas school libraries, alleging that these libraries provide "vulgar" books and pornography to children. These books are educational, not titillating. The central message of these books is that sexual pleasure and perversion are not synonymous, and that children should not feel guilty for feeling or fulfilling normal sexual impulses. Since when did sex become inherently perverted? Since when did Farenheit 451 become our national reality? Since when did it become the school library's responsibility to LIMIT educational resources? Parents, stop expecting society to raise your children for you. If you want to restrict your child's emotional and intellectual growth, do it on your own time and stop demanding that your libraries and legislators take on your responsibility.
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