Time for Local Citizen Action: Email School Board Ahead to Remove Obscene and Pornographic Books from School Libraries. Plan to come to School Board Meeting 3/18 at 6 pm.
Senate Refuses to Act and Senator Hufstedler quiet on issue. Time for local solutions.
There remain numerous obscene and overtly pornographic books on the shelves in the Bartow County School System. This is a time for action to have them removed and to have objective standards for books applied by the School Board. As local citizens and taxpayers, it is your right and even your responsibility to protect kids from these materials.
Check the Millstone warning from the Book of Matthew at the bottom of this post for instructions you need to heed. When we allow our tax dollars to buy these materials that are handed to kids, we are guilty when we have knowledge and do not act.
It is time to email the School Board and Superintendent to demand action (see below).
Please mark your calendar to come to the Bartow County School Board meeting on 3/18 to tell the School Board to act directly. You will need to show up to sign up by 545 for the 6 pm meeting. More details next week
Action So far: Some Obscene Books Removed But Many More Remain.
The Bartow School staff met with Dr. McKalip who presented books of concern. Dr. Page had these books analyzed by school media specialists and others and some were removed as of 2/7/24. That is a victory and the details will be released soon.
However many more remain and Dr. Page has directly indicated to Dr. McKalip that all decisions on removing or retaining books can only be subjective. He advised that there is no way to have objective standards to determine what overt obscenity, pornography is for the purposes of removing, retaining or ordering books. Dr. Page has not yet responded to a request to provide an update on what further actions have been taken since 2/7/24.
Objective Standards are Available: Georgia Senate Bill Proves This. Hufstetler Does not Act.
The argument that no objective standards exist is false. Two week ago, the Georgia Senate had the opportunity to pass a list of objective standards. Members of this blog called Senator Hufstetler asking him to push this through Rules committee. A video of the Rules committee hearing where he serves shows he did not offer SB 394 to go to the floor for a vote. He has not responded to a request for comment.
The standards are reported in this post and are obvious. In brief anything that describes specific sexual activities is forbidden to be given to a minor by non-parents in Georgia. EVERYWHERE EXCEPT IN THE SCHOOLS!
These standards1 from the Clean Libraries act should be adopted by the School Board. You can help by emailing the Board to get this done.
Please Email School Board Members and Superintendent Dr. Phillip Page to insist they remove obscene and pornographic books from the school libraries and the classrooms.
Paste these email addresses in the “to” area.
To:tony.ross@bartow.k12.ga.us; darla.williams@bartow.k12.ga.us; matt.shultz@bartow.k12.ga.us; butch.emerson@bartow.k12.ga.us; anna.sullivan@bartow.k12.ga.us; bartowfreedom@proton.me; Phillip.page@bartow.k12.ga.us
Paste to “Subject”
Subject: Please remove obscene books now and establish objective standards
Paste to “Body” (or create your own message).
Dear Members of the School Board and Dr. Page,
We ask that you immediately remove obscene and pornographic books from the school libraries and the classroom. We ask for action to create objective standards so that no such books are ordered again. A list of books found so far have been provided by the Bartow Freedom Coalition to the each of you. There have been some removed, and we thank you. But many remain.
Thank you,
[name]
PRESS SEND! (note that the Bartow Freedom Coalition email is included to help keep track of the campaign).
Life is Funny
This book is still on the shelf at Cass High School as of 3/8/24 according to the “Destiny Discover” search engine for the school. This was on the list of books provided and at the last meeting with Dr. Page on 2/7, it was “under review” for removing or retaining. This books is as clear a case that exists of what is classically called “Smut”. It is listed as “Young Adult”. Yet this book has been on the shelves for Minors in our Schools in Bartow County and is still listed today as available. WHY?
Below are some excerpts that I have censored. To see uncensored excerpts, the link is here through “RatedBooks.org .
Life is Funny:
“172 “Uh huh,” I go, and we’re down to the carpet strip of the floor with all those millions of nice books watching, and oh, Lord, I am on her, she’s pressing up, I’m pressing down, wet mouth and warm skin under thin _________, my palm stroking, brushing everywhere, sweaty fingers edging into _________, crawling to my h_____, holding, squeezing, pressing, feeling, fingers stop and I want to cry, but she’s pulling my hand to her jeans, unz__________________________________________fingers pushing ____________________________ rocking, _____________ oh, Lord, oh, Lord, beautiful Keisha _______________ please, please, please___________, and then someone’s at my back snatching me up, and Keisha screams, and on her feet so fast, and we run, pants open, shirts off, through the books, the musty dusty tree soot smell, winding, weaving, breathing hard _______and fear.
178 And I go, “Feel this,” and put her hand on my jeans over my ___________. ...She laughs and goes, “Well damn. That’s nothing new.” And I look at her deep eyes and her big old feet, and then we’re kissing, ___________________________________, and we lie down, and she peels off ______, and I unbutton her s_______, and soon we’re all _______________________________, stroking over ___and ____ and stomach, lost, mush brain, heat, curves, s ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________, ____ smells like salt balloons, ______________. ____________________, oh, Lord, its ___________________, slide ___________________________ ________, oh, Lord, Jesus, God, Allah, Buddha, Keisha, thank you.”
AGAIN WHY IS THIS BOOKS STILL ON THE SHELVES?
ACT NOW TO PROTECT OUR KIDS!
Matthew 18:6…… but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
In Freedom!
“As used in this part, the term:
(1) "Harmful to minors" means that quality of description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it:
(A) Taken as a whole, predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors;
(B) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
(C) Is, when taken as a whole, lacking in serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
(2) "Knowingly" means having a general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry of both:
(A) The character and content of any material described in this part which is reasonably susceptible to examination by the defendant; and
(B) The age of the minor; provided, however, that an honest mistake shall constitute an excuse from liability in this part if the defendant made a reasonable, bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor.
(3) "Minor" means a person less than 18 years of age.
(4) "Sadomasochistic abuse" means actual or simulated flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude, clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained by one so clothed or nude.
(5) "Sexual conduct" means actual or simulated acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is female, breasts.
(6) "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
(7) "Sexually explicit nudity" means a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered or uncovered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
Nothing worthwhile can be learned from this book !!!
I'll be working on a few things and hopefully the results will be evident shortly. Ironic that GA Code § 16-12-80 clearly shows that the presenting of this type of material to minors is against the law but due to it being in a school setting it doesn't apply for some reason.