Sunday, August 29, 2021

Banned In Boston

When you heard “Banned in Boston” you knew it was a hot sexy book but there is a new book list that is being banned…
Community members from local churches fill BCSD's chambers to speak out against LGBTQ resource library
The Bakersfield Californian
By Emma Gallegos
August 26, 2021


Aug. 26—A large group of community members, many associated with local Christian churches, attended Bakersfield City School District's Tuesday night meeting, mostly to speak against the content of the district's resource library for LGBTQ students.

For the first time since the pandemic began, the crowd in attendance was so large that there wasn't enough room to fit everyone inside the main meeting room, and the crowd outside cheered as they listened in to the speakers.

"There is a steady push to adjust the thinking of children to accept new lifestyles, new LGBT vocabulary, who a boy is, who a girl is," Judith Olson told the board.
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The district's Pride library is aimed at addressing bullying issues targeted at the LGBTQ community. On the district's agenda Tuesday was an update of its bullying policy, which mentioned the LGBTQ community. However, the topic of the library had come up during the previous meeting.
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"What we are trying to accomplish in our district is to ensure that we have safe spaces for every single child and family member," Luque said.
But they don’t want a “safe space.”
The district's new opt-out form states: "In the event bullying and discrimination towards an LGBTQ students occurs within my student's classroom...," and the parent can answer that they either do or do not give permission for their child to "participate in the LGBTQ Antibullying/Nondiscrimination Inclusive lessons."
You cannot opt out of bigotry and discrimination, it is those very people who are opting out who need the training.

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