Banned Books: Christians Fight Fire With Brimstone

[Bluebear]

During a week that librarians nationwide are highlighting banned books, conservative Christian students and parents showcased their own collection outside a Fairfax County high school yesterday — a collection they say was banned by the librarians themselves.

More than 40 students, many wearing black T-shirts stamped with the words “Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas,” said they tried to donate more than 100 books about homosexuality to more than a dozen high school libraries in the past year. The initiative, organized by Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, was intended to add a conservative Christian perspective to shelves that the students said are stocked with “pro-gay” books.

Most of the books were turned down after school librarians said they did not meet school system standards. Titles include “Marriage on Trial: The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage and Parenting” and “Someone I Love Is Gay,” which argues that homosexuality is not “a hopeless condition.”

Fairfax County’s policy on library book selection says “the collection should support the diverse interests, needs and viewpoints of the school community.” But library officials said donated and purchased books alike are evaluated by the same standards, including two positive reviews from professionally recognized journals.

http://themoderatevoice.com/religion/christianity/christian-conservatives/23205/banned-books-christians-fight-fire-with-brimstone/

[YOY]

1. Interestingly set up like a freakshow...how apt.

n.t.

[jane_pippin]

6. I'm pretty sure that's the library's display and it's funny.

A lot of displays during banned book week at bookstores and libraries are funny, sarcastic, weird, ironic etc. like that to highlight how it's shocking to ban what are, in the vast majority of cases, classic literature.

You see lots of straightforward serious displays too of course. I think this one in the picture was really clever.

[msongs]

2. rape, torture, murder, incest, extermination, genocide - bibles are not suitable for kids nt

[Adsos Letter]

3. "A nation that burns books soon will burn people..."

something like that.

[marshall]

4. We read aloud from banned books in my library

everything from Harry Potter to the Bible.

The kids who tried to donate the books should look at the collection development policy for the libraries.

[Blue_Tires]

5. if they felt that strongly about it....

maybe if there was some way the conservative christians could create their own library or reading room...better yet, if there was some legal or financial way they could build their OWN schools.....:sarcasm: