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August 05, 2010, 11:26:11 AM

Book aimed at gay teens banned from N.J. public library after complaints from Glenn Beck supporter

BY Meena Hartenstein
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 9:21 PM

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/04/2010-08-04_book_aimed_at_gay_teens_banned_from_nj_public_library_after_complaints_from_glen.html

Complaints from a member of Glenn Beck's 9.12 Project have caused a New Jersey library to shelve a book aimed at gay teenagers.

The book, called "Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology," is a collection of first-person essays by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens, sharing their stories of coming out of the closet.

Calling it "pervasively vulgar, obscene, and inappropriate," Beverly Marinelli, a New Jersey mother, successfully lobbied to have the book removed from the library at Rancocas Valley Regional High School, the Talking Points Memo (TPM) website reports.
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