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Brian Johnston's avatar

David, although you and I disagree on this issue, I want to commend you for your diligence and grass root effort to make the changes you desired. This is the way politics is supposed to work and you have conducted yourself fairly.

With that in mind and in the spirit of transparency, I do have a further question. Do you see your battle with the school board about books in public school libraries as the sum total of your objections or are you hoping to expand your lobbying efforts in other areas of the community?

Specifically, do you have an issue with these titles being available in the public libraries? What about their availability on bookstore shelves?

The proposed legislation in the Georgia General Assembly would have opened librarians up to criminal prosecution. I can surmise that you support that measure, but there are possible other ramifications if that door is opened.

My main question: would you support criminal penalties or government intervention for a parent who provides or allows a minor access to books of the kind or character on your list?

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Bartow Freedom Coalition's avatar

Thankmyou Brian.

Time will twll. But k7ds shiuld be protected evwrywhere and I will do all I can.

Also, the Clean Libraries Act would not subject sxhool staff to criminal.proswctuion, just disciplinary action for insuborsination..please show me the language in the proposed law if I misswd something.

Btw, book storea cant sell to a minor. (Parent can buy for minor)

But llibraries can hand it out. Sad.

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Brian Johnston's avatar

Should all "sexually explicit" material be removed from public libraries? Or age restrictions only? I would think that if the goal is to prevent a minor for gaining access to books with this material, the most sure course of action would to be to make sure they aren't available at all.

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Bartow Freedom Coalition's avatar

Minora should not be able to access these matetials in public libraries or directly anywhere else on Thier own.

It would be nice if all porn were banned everywhere, but the heart of men and women will never allow that. Sadly. But that is niot something being pushed here or anywhere

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Brian Johnston's avatar

Understood. Thanks for the reply.

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Brian Johnston's avatar

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13478661/Annabelle-Jenkins-Idaho-graduation-Handmaids-tale-book-ban.html

Bravo to this young woman for taking a stand. If I were her father, I would be extremely proud.

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Bartow Freedom Coalition's avatar

Hmm.. a young lady uses her High School Graduation for her agenda. And then is praised around the board. All for celebrating a book that pushes a pro-abortion agenda and has sexually explicit contents to be present in government run schools without parental consent.

However, a High School Graduate praises Jesus in His Graduation speech and is denied his diploma.

https://nypost.com/2024/05/30/us-news/kentucky-high-school-graduate-micah-price-denied-diploma-for-praising-jesus-in-speech/

Are you starting to see the unequal justice, suppression of free speech, absence of rule of law, suppression of Freedom of Religion and outright bullying by elitists.

So, Now that the obvious is spelled out, are you seeing the tyranny that is here and growing that is epitomized by the phony "Guilty" verdict of Trump.

These left seeks domination, submission and tyranny.,

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