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Outraged parents oust gay sex books from New Jersey school reading list
Life Site News ^ | September 2, 2011 | KATHLEEN GILBERT

Posted on 09/02/2011 2:18:59 PM PDT by NYer

MONROE TWP, New Jersey, September 2, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two books, one containing an explicit depiction of statutory lesbian rape, and the other a homosexual orgy, have been ousted from a local high school by outraged New Jersey parents.

The texts, “Norwegian Wood” and “Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines,” originally appeared on the summer reading list for both middle school and high school students at Monroe Township schools this year.

“Norwegian Wood,” a novel by Haruki Murakami, includes a graphic depiction of a 31-year-old woman raping a 13-year-old girl, while “Tweak,” a story about addiction, describes a homosexual orgy scene as well as the details of drug use.

The books, school officials say, were included on the list by a group of teachers, librarians, and administrators, and approved by the board of education. Chuck Earling, superintendent of Monroe Township Schools in Williamstown, N.J., told Fox News that the committee “didn’t feel it was inappropriate based on the language that’s used, common language used on the street.” 

However, after outrage from local parents, the district yanked the books, and Earling apologized. “We were not trying to create controversy. We were just trying to get students to read,” he said.

The Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg told Fox that the affair was a lesson to parents to keep watch over what their kids are reading in schools. “Here we see the intersection of parental values being offended, the hyper-sexualization of our youth and the homosexual agenda being pushed,” Sprigg told Fox News Radio.

“Exposing children to graphic sexual content – that is not as evil as censorship in the minds of some left-wing activists.”

Books exploring the homosexual lifestyle have been making their way into public schools across America in recent years, particularly in states where same-sex “marriage” has been legalized.

In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Massachusetts father’s plea to opt-out his kindergartener from listening to homosexual children’s books, or at least to be notified of the objectionable material.

A California law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in June mandates that textbooks in pubic schools statewide teach children about “the role and contributions of” homosexual American historical figures, and forbids materials that “contain any matter reflecting adversely” upon gays on the basis of sexual identification.. The law is automatically on hold after conservatives leaders launched a referendum effort to put the textbook question before California voters.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: New Jersey
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To: stanne
Drove past a school this morning and saw a fire drill in process. The teachers (all of the adults, anyway) were wearing faded blue jeans and polo or t-shirts.

It's called "casual Friday."

21 posted on 09/02/2011 3:01:06 PM PDT by Tamar1973 ("Never care what the other guy has, it is not yours and someone always has more."--isthisnickcool)
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So school children are exposed to "literature" that makes the Marguis de Sade look like milk and water. Why anyone thinks that school authorities who want to destroy children will not immediately find other insidious ways and should not be trusted with any children for one minute is beyond me. It's like a pedophile who tried something with a child but was nabbed before the deed. Should the pedophile be given "another chance"? These educators (so called) are nothing more than pedophiles. People need to WAKE UP and see where this is going. It's already hell in a handbasket.
22 posted on 09/02/2011 3:04:04 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Paperdoll

Your post was rather rude but I will respond because I refuse to allow baseless name-calling to go unchecked.

I am a single mother. My child’s father left us when she was 18 months old. Because he’s a prominent surgeon, the courts will not allow me to leave the area with his child. I do not have family close by. My parents live over an hour away & I have no siblings. I work full time. If you have a suggestion as to how I could arrange to homeschool my daughter while I work, let’s hear it. Shall I leave her home alone with our family cat??

I believe you owe me an apology.


23 posted on 09/02/2011 3:36:36 PM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
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To: NYer

There is no reason for those books to be on reading lists for kids.


24 posted on 09/02/2011 3:40:25 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; Aggie Mama; agrace; AliVeritas; AlmaKing; AngieGal; ...

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25 posted on 09/02/2011 3:45:19 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: NYer

No proper outrage is outrageous..
Where are the pitchforks and torches..


26 posted on 09/02/2011 3:45:49 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: Paperdoll

But then there’s nobody to blame or a reason to be angry.


27 posted on 09/02/2011 3:47:41 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: Tamar1973

I think what casually dressed teachers don’t realize is that the kids’ parents won’t respect them if they are dressed casually.


28 posted on 09/02/2011 3:51:44 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: married21

Nor can the kids. They do have thoughts and impressions.


29 posted on 09/02/2011 4:00:19 PM PDT by stanne
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To: NYer
Where are the reports of the so-called “good” teachers who petitioned the governor, held press conferences, protested, and organized parents and Christian and conservative grass roots organizations?

Hm? Where are the “good” teachers?

My conclusion: There are none. There are merely evil teachers and timid, hypocritical, and sniveling Useful Idiots who collect paychecks and pensions wrongly believing they are sprinkling a little “salt and light” around.

30 posted on 09/02/2011 4:08:40 PM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: surroundedbyblue
Yes, I do have a suggestion.

Homeschooling associations have had plenty of experience with all sorts of difficult situations and may be able to give you some workable ideas.

Homeschoolers will tell you that it takes less than one to two hours in formal homeschooling for a young child. You are likely spending that much time already reviewing school homework, textbooks, and reading material, and undoing the damage done by the school each day. And...As they grow older they literally homeschool themselves with merely general supervision from the parent.

You have already been homeschooling your child since she was born. That is what good mothering is. And ...If here dad left you when she was 18 months, it is likely that you worked when she was a pre-schooler. Was she in day care then? If you could afford it then, why not now?

My suggestion: Find a trusted day care provider for her ( you have likely had them in the past) and remove her from government school. Then homeschool in the mornings, evenings, and weekends.

By the way,....I knew one single homeschooling mom who took in a trusted roommate. While her slept she went to work and the roommate ( as part of the rent sharing deal) kept a eye on the child if there was a problem at night.

The one problem I see with your situation is that her dad may object.

31 posted on 09/02/2011 4:23:23 PM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: Travis McGee
The Gramscian culture sabateurs never rest. ( Travis McGee)
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“We were not trying to create controversy. We were just trying to get students to read,” he said.” ( Chuck the superintendent)

Chucky I believe you when you say that you weren't trying to create controversy. You were merely pushing the envelope of decency ...AGAIN! Chucky, you and your Gramscian fellow Useful Idiots have been doing that for more than a century now.

As for the “We were just trying to get the students to read”...Well...Chucky, you nose is growing.

By the way,...Chucky, I'd bet my entire 401K that you are a homosexual. Homos hire homos, and there are a LOT of them in the government schools now.

32 posted on 09/02/2011 4:29:35 PM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: Gene Eric
And the teachers just march along to the drumbeat of Leftism like stupefied tools.
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There are no good government teachers. There are merely evil teachers and Useful Idiots.

33 posted on 09/02/2011 4:34:15 PM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: jersey117
Paychecks, pensions, and long vacations are powerfully addictive.

There are no good government teachers. There are merely evil teachers and Useful Idiots.

34 posted on 09/02/2011 4:35:18 PM PDT by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: wintertime

“My conclusion: There are none. There are merely evil teachers and timid, hypocritical, and sniveling Useful Idiots who collect paychecks and pensions wrongly believing they are sprinkling a little “salt and light” around.”

Gutsy post, Wintertime...even if you are right.


35 posted on 09/02/2011 4:54:05 PM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: NYer
Committing your offspring to a government indoctrination asylum should be a felony child-abuse offense punishable by 20-years rendition to the former Soviet Gulag.

Idiot parents who lay down with dogs should complain about the fleas...

36 posted on 09/02/2011 5:03:32 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: surroundedbyblue

I do apologize to you. I, too, was a single mother with three daughters 12, 9 and 2. My ex would not pay child support either. Homeschooling wasn’t done in those days (the’60’s) but I was aware of the shortcomings in the schools system even then. I, too, worked full time - sometimes seven days a week as a matter of fact, but I augmented the girl’s education, American history in particular. I was a member of PTA for seventeen years, and my girls were all Camp Fire Girls. The school Social Studies book contained one paragraph about Abraham Lincoln! So if parents read the text books, they could somehow fill in the blanks. Those were the years of the new math, too, (which was only confusing!)so I helped teach them the old method.

Most parents of school aged children were educated in government schools themselves. Today the psychological damage caused to young children by sex ed and homosexual tolerance being taught to kindergartners is utterly outrageous!

If I had it to do today, because the schools are so much worse than they were then, I would figure out some way I could home school them even if it had to be after dinner and on the weekends.

I really do realize how difficult it can be, but your child is worth everything you can do to help her, and of course you want the best for your sweet baby. Good luck to you and to all young mothers today.


37 posted on 09/02/2011 6:05:28 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE RINOS!)
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To: surroundedbyblue

I am a single mother. My child’s father left us when she was 18 months old. Because he’s a prominent surgeon, the courts will not allow me to leave the area with his child. I do not have family close by. My parents live over an hour away & I have no siblings. I work full time. If you have a suggestion as to how I could arrange to homeschool my daughter while I work, let’s hear it. Shall I leave her home alone with our family cat??
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You may want to try this. There are excellent, accredited private schools by online/correspondence. Get together with some stay-at-home mothers and have the kids all work off these programs. You could kick in some money to help the stay-at-home mothers. I’ve seen it work here where I live.


38 posted on 09/02/2011 6:07:13 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (Socon-Econ)
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To: concerned about politics

I wish all the gays and lesbians would go the hell back into their closets!

This includes some of my nieces and nephews.

They add nothing to their own lives or ours by being “out” and in our faces.

I have really had it with them.

No more tolerance from me!


39 posted on 09/02/2011 6:11:54 PM PDT by Palladin (Sarah: Are you gonna fish or cut bait?)
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To: NYer

Even though I have no more “school-age” children, it doesn’t stop me from praying for those who do.


40 posted on 09/02/2011 9:06:40 PM PDT by ourworldawry
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