After reading the Chicago Tribune’s op-ed piece by Clarence Page on banned books, I wondered what the situation is in McHenry County.
The image for the column is a man reading something called “Gender Queer.”
So, I sent out a Freedom of Information request to school Districts. I lot bounced back because of being tied to individuals’ email addresses.
I picked these three books:
- “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe
- “Out of Darkness” by Ashley Hope Pérez
- “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas
and asked if the district had them and, if so, when were they purchased, plus whether had been withdrawn from circulation.
Here is FOIA Officer Cameron Willis’ reply:
1 – which, if any, of the aforementioned books are in your library and the purchase date.
The library at Wauconda High School currently offers “Out of Darkness,” which was purchased on or about December 2, 2015, and “The Hate U Give,” which was purchased on or about March 9, 2017.
2 – which, if any, have been withdrawn from your library and the date on which that
occurred.
“Gender Queer: A Memoir” was withdrawn on or about April 12, 2022.
Perhaps a “Parent Oversight Committee of Library” is needed in every grammar school K-8. It would be a voluntary committee of parents having children at the school.
Members would have access to the entire listing of books and materials of the library.
Upon formation, a total review of every single book and material would be done by committee members to determine suitability of books/material for K-8 students.
Books/material determined to cover sex, sexual deviancy, suicide, mutilation, murder, violence, etc would have to be removed by authority granted to the committee by the principal and/or the school board.
Any new book/material proposed to be placed in the library by the librarian would first have to be approved by the committee.
What you’ve been finding so far and what I expected is that The Hate U Give is regularly found but not the other ones.
The Hate U Give is a pretty popular book and from what I’ve read its main complaints are its vulgarity whereas the complaints about the other books are sexual.
People will tolerate vulgarity somewhat in a fictional book, but it’s the pervert stuff that will make parents say, “Hold on a second.”
When a book’s main subject is a bunch of sex pervert gobbledygook masquerading as education that’s when parents get mad.
The library itself ought to be cancelled, or at least the queer librarians spewing this porn on little kids.
A special place in Hell awaits these mind polluters.
Oh, yes.
Democrat Governor Newsom of California signed a bill on Sept 29, 2022 that will strip away a number of rights of parents to control medical procedures, drugs, mutilation, etc that their children might want to try. Children who were easily influenced by reading deviant and reckless books, info on the internet, etc.
Affected children are in the State of California as well as all other (49) States of the U.S.
Per:
https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/30/newsom-signs-bill-to-let-california-strip-gender-confused-teens-from-parents-even-when-they-live-in-other-states/
“California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Thursday night to strip rights away from parents who protest their children’s blind pursuit of destructive surgeries sold to confused minors as “gender affirmation.”
Under California’s new law, parents might not even know whether their children are pursuing these dangerous drugs and procedures. Senate Bill 107 mandates that doctors hide children’s medical information from parents if related to “gender identity,” even if requested by subpoena.”
kids need parental consent for ear piercing but not abortion.
go figure