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Title: Rancocas Valley board bans book about gays
Post by: Shana A on May 05, 2010, 08:15:56 AM
Post by: Shana A on May 05, 2010, 08:15:56 AM
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 (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 (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.
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 (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 (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.
Title: Re: Rancocas Valley board bans book about gays
Post by: LordKAT on May 05, 2010, 04:01:08 PM
Post by: LordKAT on May 05, 2010, 04:01:08 PM
I'll agree that a high school is not the place for explicit images.