Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, called on the state's school boards to remove books he described as"pornography," a move that comes after at least two state lawmakers have asked officials to investigate books in schools.
Abbot's letter, sent to the Texas Association of School Boards on Monday, did not cite a specific book that contains what he described as"pornography." Last week, Texas Republican lawmaker, Jeff Cason, released a statement calling on the state's Attorney General to investigate books he also described as"pornography." In his statement, he singled out the graphic novel"Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
It should have been done before a decade and result would be so different as compared to current disaster.
Does Penthouse and HustlerMag still print magazines? If so, maybe GregAbbott_TX could use a subscription to them to 'investigate' so he will be able to tell the difference between what is and isn't 'pornography'... just sayin... ImLarryFlynt
What an absolute joke of a leader. He's destroyed so many lives.
Talk about socialism. What about nazism.
Texas must have a shit ton of issues the republicans don’t want their constituency focusing on…
Here here let us take responsibility and shelter our children from filth so that they can educate their minds positively. Any adult should know that children should remain children for as long as possible - plenty of time to be an adult
Very day more and more grateful that I don't live in the state of Texas
Bet he has xtube in his browser history.
Ya know what, GregAbbott_TX, I agree to an extent. Children have access to adult content 24/7 and society needs to assist negligent parents to teach responsibility and sanitize content with more parental oversight.
When did he proclaim himself lord and savior, sovereign king of Texas? “I shall smite thy pornography from thy books.”
Yo, Abbott! The kids will just look at all the dad's collection of porn magazines and dvds. Is there a subscription porn channel? Probably will access that too.
Has CNN even viewed the book Gender Queer? It’s a graphic novel-essentially a comic book and it’s full of sexual imagery. This isn’t about gender identity or sexual preference, it’s about exposing children to explicit sexual acts before they’re old enough to see movies that do!
The Texas GOP is suddenly concerned with books about dating, puberty, sex, teen pregnancy, abortion & sexuality. Racism will be next. Abbott pushes free will & choice for Texas, but he really means only for his authoritarian schemes. GOPHypocrisy
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This is the start banning books telling women that they have to carry a baby no mater what …. Pretty soon. They will tell you what job you can work and what area you can live in …. Hhhmmmm not sure but I think communist block countries have that covered
Hmmmmm…the Taliban do this as well.
So VA governor says parents shouldn’t decide what gets taught in school, the government should and he’s out. TX governor says government should decide what gets taught in school and everyone’s ok with this. Got it…
Wow. We’re really going backwards in this country. We may have to split. I don’t see a way out of the stupidity on the right
The nazis are marching ….
Right wing cancel culture.
Guess his supporters will be happier when they live in a dictatorship where government makes all their decisions for them. Maybe they just can't think for themselves
I want proof of pornography in school library books. Working in a school, I have never seen evidence of that. Another lie and smokescreen. 😳😒
pretty sure Abbott wouldn't know porn if it slapped him across the face
Here we go again with the book banning. The thing is we've been here before. I remember when Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer and Fanny Hill were banned. It just made them more desirable to read and we easily got our hands on them. So 2 those poor kids in Tx, have fun!
Y’all Qaeda doing Y’all Qaeda things
Heil Hitler.
Talk about over sensitive and PC.
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No one ever liked to share a book with Greg when he was in school... His pages were always sticky.
Secede. Please?
Oooh boy! Look at that Texas Freedom! 🙄
These comments are cancer.. abolish the Fed abolish the Dep. of Education. Go home school then you can teach your kids what you want.
Texas can’t be this stupid Texas
Will he burn them like the Nazis?
Are they art books ?miniminds
Get those titles out on every teen platform: there’s nothing more tantalizing to a teen than a book banned for “pornography”
Why worry about important issues like education, healthcare and poverty when you can trot out the bogeyman of harmful books? Texas leadership at its finest.
Greg Abbott is banning books he dislikes. Here I thought he dislikes big government interfering.
❄️ Why is everything thing screened from Republicans, just projecting?
Does the radical left see the writing on the wall? Nope! America is fed up with their agenda, and regardless how much the corrupt media try to force it on us, WE WILL REJECT IT.
And just like Virginia, you keep voting these people into office.
How about starting with Gov Abbotts own home library!
Texasistan
Um...on our way through Texas, Amarillo to he exact...there were A LOT of billboards for a sex shop. So what's that about GregAbbott_TX?
Somebody has to investigate how this man grew up
Lets all get to live in our favorite decade. Given 2 I'd pick 60's & 70's. But given one, the 70s were a lot more fun. GOP Texas governor seems to want to live in the 60's-don't care his age. What decade do might you go back to? robreiner NBC10_RJ
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