Fox News devoted airtime today to a lawsuit brought by a father after his sons stumbled across a book on lesbian sexuality in an Arkansas public library.
The Bentonville, AR man is seeking $20,000 in damages and the firing of the town's top librarian, claiming his two sons were disturbed after stumbling upon The Whole Lesbian Sex Book in the town's public library.
WILL: "Okay, I've searched "equinox" and "egg," and the news isn't good for the believers."
C.J.: "What sites did they send you to?"
WILL: "ThingsThatAreWrong.com."
C.J.: "There are no web sites supporting it?"
WILL: "No."
TOBY: "And you've got to ask yourself, if no one on the internet wants a piece of this, just how far from the pack have you strayed?"
Friday, April 27, 2007
maggie brooks library censorship syndrome in action
yeah, i'm sure these two boys just happened to "stumble" across the book...and the father is so concerned with what his kids might see at a library, maybe he should go with them and be, you know, a parent. oy, that first amendment is really taking a beating lately, and not just in rochester libraries...and that is not a poor maggie brooks related porn pun. but it could be.
I love how extreme right-wingers tend to pick and choose which aspects of the First Amendment to follow. At last count: libraries are corrupting children and should be censored; the media (in their love affairs with big business and the government) should withhold info about the "war" in Iraq, including civilian death tolls; BUT hate speech should be free and clear without repercussion.
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