Georgia lawmakers eye allowing criminal charges against school librarians over sexual content of books

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Source: CBS News/AP

February 21, 2024 / 6:21 AM EST


A proposal that would require school libraries to notify parents of every book their child checks out was advanced by Georgia state senators Tuesday, while a proposal to subject school librarians to criminal charges for distributing material containing obscenity waits in the wings.

The measures are part of a broad and continuing push by Republicans in many states to root out what they see as inappropriate material from schools and libraries, saying books and electronic materials are corrupting children.

Opponents say it's a campaign of censorship meant to block children's freedom to learn, while scaring teachers and librarians into silence for fear of losing their jobs or worse.

Georgia senators are also considering bills to force all public and school libraries in the state to cut ties with the American Library Association and to restrict school libraries' ability to hold or acquire any works that depict sexual intercourse or sexual arousal. Neither measure has advanced out of committee ahead of a deadline next week for bills to pass out of their originating chamber.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-lawmakers-eye-allowing-criminal-charges-vs-school-librarians-over-sexual-content-of-books/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Goodbye, Jacqueline Susann and Sidney Sheldon for starters ....

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3. Or

Song of Solomon



(read that one in high school as "literature" )

[no_hypocrisy]

4. My rabbi told us he used SOS on dates when he wanted to clinch the deal.

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5. ...

[forgotmylogin]

16. Surely...don't libraries have records of books everyone checked out?

It shouldn't be the librarian's fault, but parents should already to be able to pull a list of books their whole family checked out.

Isn't it a plot point in FBI thrillers that the library "flagged" someone checking out books about terrorism and explosive creation?

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Goodbye art history too.

[Lovie777]

6. Red states - dark ages..............................

keep their people stupid, better to control.

[hlthe2b]

7. So, librarians will all quit--giving them the excuse to defund, close the libraries. And then they go

after private bookstores.

I am beyond disgusted with what these fascists are trying to do to this country. If I hear from one more ageist moron that they will just stay home because Biden is too old, I am not going to be responsible for the angry vitriol they deservedly get from all around--in return.

[limbicnuminousity]

8. Until they lock up Gaetz

or put an ankle monitor on him all of this squawking about sexual content is disingenuous.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. The Government Oppressor Party wants to control your mind and your body.

oppressor
noun

1. One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

2. Someone who oppresses another or others.

3. A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures.

The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English • More at Wordnik

[Timeflyer]

10. Librarians of the future will have the last laugh when history of this time is written. But for now

how stupid to attack people who support kids reading. But maybe that's the point--don't teach the slaves to read.

[twodogsbarking]

11. They want to get rid of libraries and history.

Wonder what they are trying to hide.

[zanana1]

12. Fascism doesn't happen overnight.

It creeps in with censorship, pro life fanatics, embryos labeled as people, etc.

[Bayard]

13. Nazis burning books

Hitler would be proud.

[Novara]

14. And the GQP complains about the nanny state????

As far as I know, a librarian isn't responsible for which books the library has on its shelves.

[IronLionZion]

15. Charge the churches who have Bibles