Common Lies About “Book Banning”

Common Lies About “Book Banning”

Progressives are so determined to push sexual content onto children that they frequently misrepresent the facts about books, laws, and parental rights. Today, during a session in the Nevada legislature, we heard some of the most prevalent falsehoods that citizens encounter when they speak out against sexually explicit books in schools.

One of the most egregious bills we’ve ever seen is in play in Nevada right now. 

AB 416 seeks to make it almost impossible for parents to challenge obscene books in schools and libraries. Instead of going directly to school boards to have books removed, the bill seeks to force parents to instead file a formal complaint with a district court. The cost of doing this alone would prohibit most parents from taking action to protect their children!  

Worse, if this bill passes it would be a felony to call out the people who are giving pornography to children. So if you let your fellow community members know which librarians and school board members insist on having porn in schools, you could be arrested. 

The overreach is astonishing, and so is the unconstitutionality of the bill. Speakers who came in support of AB 416 told blatant lies throughout the hearing. Here are just a few.

LIE #1  

Lie: Removing books is a violation of first amendment free speech rights. 

Truth: If a book is removed from schools because the school board doesn’t like its political viewpoint, that would be a free speech violation. But those aren’t the books in question. The books in question are obscene, and per the 1982 Supreme Court ruling in Island Trees School District vs Pico, a school board has a right to remove books that are pervasively vulgar and educationally unsuitable. There’s no violation of first amendment rights. 

LIE #2  

Lie: Books are being removed by activists because of racism and homophobia. 

Truth: Nothing could be further from the truth. Every book we train people to challenge contains pervasive vulgarity. It would be unconstitutional to remove books based on race or opinions about sexuality. But it is constitutional to remove books from schools because they’re pornographic and educationally unsuitable.

LIE #3  

Lie: It’s illegal to even publish books containing obscene materials; there’s no way they could even be on the shelves. 

Truth: This lie is laughable. Obscenity is perfectly legal, for adults. And in places like Nevada, there are obscenity exemption statutes that remove criminal penalties when kids are shown porn in libraries and schools. So it’s even legal in elementary schools.

LIE #4  

Lie: Parents' rights are being violated by book banning advocates. 

Truth: Parents do not have the “right” to have porn on school bookshelves. If they want their children to read these obscene books, they are free to borrow these books from an adult library or purchase them (the books are readily available online and in stores). 

LIE #5  

Lie: Librarians are trained to choose age appropriate books for kids.

Truth: We’ve found hundreds of books in schools, each filled with vulgarity that isn’t appropriate for any child. Not elementary students, not middle school students, not high school students. Just because a book has sentence structure and vocabulary that a child can get through doesn’t make it “age appropriate.”

Hear all the lies for yourself. Watch a replay of the hearing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1VdoTYJLPQ

You can let Nevadans know how you feel about this bill

To Submit Your Opinion :

Visit: AB 416 Bill TextSelect “Opinions” (Top Right Hand Corner)Choose "OPPOSE" for 'Position' and submit your opinion NOW!