Rancocas Valley board bans book about gays

[Shana A]

Rancocas Valley board bans book about gays

By BARBARA S. ROTHSCHILD and JIM WALSH • Courier-Post Staff • May 5, 2010

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100505/NEWS01/5050349/1006/news01/Rancocas-Valley-board-bans-book-about-gays

MOUNT HOLLY — School board members voted Tuesday to remove a book that explores homosexuality with graphic language and images from the library of Rancocas Valley Regional High School.

The unanimous decision came after a Lumberton woman, Beverly Marinelli, said the book -- "Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology" -- was inappropriate for a high school setting.

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Burlco school board bans book on homosexuality

By James Osborne
Inquirer Staff Writer

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100505_Burlco_school_board_bans_book_on_homosexuality.html

A Burlington County school board voted Tuesday night to pull a book depicting teenage homosexuality from its high school library shelves after protests from a local conservative group.

The Rancocas Valley Board of Education, which oversees a regional high school serving the Mount Holly area, was concerned that the book was too graphic for children, said school board member Jesse Adams.

[LordKAT]

I'll agree that a high school is not the place for explicit images.