{"id":1966683,"date":"2023-07-07T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-wont-say-if-book-that-teaches-minors-to-use-gay-hookup-apps-is-appropriate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:45:18","slug":"california-dem-wont-say-if-book-that-teaches-minors-to-use-gay-hookup-apps-is-appropriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-wont-say-if-book-that-teaches-minors-to-use-gay-hookup-apps-is-appropriate\/","title":{"rendered":"California Dem refuses to comment on appropriateness of book teaching minors to use gay hookup apps."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-dem-wont-say-if-book-that-teaches-minors-to-use-gay-hookup-apps-is-appropriate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>California Assemblyman Corey Jackson (Official Website)<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>California Assemblyman Corey Jackson (Official Website).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A California lawmaker on Wednesday refused to say whether a book that instructs minors how to meet strangers on gay hookup apps was suitable for young readers.<\/p>\n<p>During the public comment portion of a legislative hearing, California parent Allie Snyder read aloud portions from <em>This Book Is Gay<\/em>, the only book <a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/index-of-school-book-bans-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officially restricted<\/a> by a California school last year. The book, which is available in Snyder\u2019s son\u2019s middle school, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/private-christian-school-pushes-book-about-trans-child-to-fourth-graders\/\" title=\"Private Christian School Pushes Book About Trans Child to Fourth-Graders\">includes explicit descriptions<\/a> of sexual acts and step-by-step instructions to use dating apps to find where &#8220;the nearest homosexuals are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Snyder read from the book, Assemblyman Corey Jackson (D.) demurred on whether it was appropriate for children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2019t comment on something I haven\u2019t read myself,&#8221; Jackson told Republican Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, who asked him if he considered the book appropriate for junior high schoolers. Jackson instead cited his experience as a social worker to underscore the importance of determining whether &#8220;books are appropriate depending on the development of the child.&#8221; A spokesperson for Jackson told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that Jackson stands by his answers.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange came during a hearing on Jackson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposal<\/a> to pull funding from schools that provide an insufficient number of books on LGBT issues. The assemblyman says his proposal is necessary to counter what he described as &#8220;some sinister movements sweeping this nation,&#8221; which harness &#8220;the legitimate concerns of parents&#8221; for a political agenda. The bill cleared the committee on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-on-biden-killing-keystone-pipeline-would-rather-we-get-oil-from-canada-than-venezuela\/\" title=\"Manchin On Biden Killing Keystone Pipeline: Would Rather We Get Oil \u2018From Canada\u2019 Than \u2018Venezuela\u2019\">party line vote<\/a> and with the support of California Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The anus does not have the capacity to stretch in the same way a vagina does,&#8221; the book reads. &#8220;This means it\u2019s a tight hole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This Book Is Gay<\/em> is tied for ninth place on PEN America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/banned-books-list-fall-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list<\/a> of the &#8220;most banned books&#8221; over the 2022-23 school year. Even in California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-wont-say-if-book-that-teaches-minors-to-use-gay-hookup-apps-is-appropriate\/\" title=\"California Dem refuses to comment on appropriateness of book teaching minors to use gay hookup apps.\">deeply progressive legislature<\/a>, excerpts from <em>This Book Is Gay<\/em> appeared to shock some Democrats\u2014including the chair of the Senate education committee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Per her description, if it\u2019s even remotely accurate, [the book] is probably offensive to many of us,&#8221; committee chair Josh Newman said, before voting in favor of Jackson\u2019s bill.<\/p>\n<p>Thurmond, who as the primary backer of Jackson&#8217;s bill testified in its favor, said it would bring &#8220;consequences&#8221; to districts that act in a &#8220;discriminatory&#8221; way. Throughout the hearing, Thurmond, who did not respond to a request for comment, avoided any discussion about the content of controversial books and framed the bill as a measure to stop &#8220;threats&#8221; to LGBT and minority students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been violence at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meetings<\/a>, simply over a discussion over whether or not to hang a Pride flag,&#8221; Thurmond told the Senate panel, ostensibly referring to last month\u2019s protest in the Glendale school district where Armenian parents squared off with Antifa protesters. &#8220;People were arrested, people were injured, and there were threats being made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thurmond also criticized a Southern California school board, which last month rejected an elementary school curriculum that celebrates Harvey Milk, the gay activist who had a relationship with a minor.<\/p>\n<p>As the California legislature debates books, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) has made &#8220;book bans&#8221; central to his national fundraising campaign. Over the weekend, Newsom posted a video of himself in an Idaho bookstore that opposes &#8220;book bans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Couldn\u2019t leave Boise without dropping by this incredible bookstore,&#8221; Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1675613117789896704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> on Sunday. &#8220;The owners of Rediscovered Books are doing everything they can to push back against these insane bans happening across the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Assemblyman Corey Jackson declined to comment on the appropriateness of the book &#8220;This Book Is Gay,&#8221; which provides guidance to minors on meeting strangers through gay hookup apps. 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