{"id":933039,"date":"2021-10-28T14:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=933039"},"modified":"2021-10-28T14:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:44:22","slug":"award-winning-sexually-explicit-books-terry-mcauliffe-kept-in-virginia-school-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/award-winning-sexually-explicit-books-terry-mcauliffe-kept-in-virginia-school-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Award-Winning\u2019 Sexually Explicit Books Terry McAuliffe Kept in Virginia School Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Faward-winning-sexually-explicit-books-terry-mcauliffe-kept-in-virginia-school-libraries%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=933039&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Terry-McAuliffe-5-2017-file-Getty.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>**Warning: Graphic Images**<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed legislation when he was in office that would have required parental notification for the use of school teaching materials that included sexually explicit content, and he is now defending his action by claiming his Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin supports book banning and racism.<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cGlenn is spending his final days of the campaign focused on banning award-winning books from our schools &amp; silencing the voices of Black authors,\u201d the Democrat tweeted Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.31914893617\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Folks, let&#8217;s take a step back.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn is spending his final days of the campaign focused on banning award-winning books from our schools &amp; silencing the voices of Black authors. <\/p>\n<p>I know we can read between the lines and see these Trumpian dog whistles for what they truly are.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terry McAuliffe (@TerryMcAuliffe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryMcAuliffe\/status\/1452744784490139660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter users, however, shot back at McAuliffe regarding the \u201caward-winning books\u201d his veto kept on the shelves of school libraries in Virginia (<strong>Warning: Graphic Images<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.8301886792453\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The book.                 The spin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q3xqLvcsE9\">pic.twitter.com\/q3xqLvcsE9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1452824936272257024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6840490797546\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s also not the worst scene in dispute here. The graphic novel \u201cGender Queer\u201d by Maia Kobabe and the novel \u201cLawn Boy\u201d by Jonathan Evison were kept in schools by Terry.<\/p>\n<p>They explictly describe pedophilia with a 4th grader positively.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8jyjeH0Psj\">https:\/\/t.co\/8jyjeH0Psj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewCFollett\/status\/1452824793628258312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.3103448275862\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats\u2019 \u201cbeloved\u201d books <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vuLHbee4Kc\">https:\/\/t.co\/vuLHbee4Kc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1452864393302134792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.32\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is the full spread of the \u201cbeloved\u201d and \u201caward winning\u201d books that \u201cracist\u201d Virginia parents want out of their kids schools.<\/p>\n<p>Vote McAuliffe if you want more of this. Vote Youngkin if you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as simple as that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4BtNRwblx\">pic.twitter.com\/j4BtNRwblx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1452882310714601473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9870967741935\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only racists want to keep this award winning literature out of schools. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HxL1PZk49d\">https:\/\/t.co\/HxL1PZk49d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1453152904869826566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In late September, the Fairfax County school district finally <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/wireStory\/school-system-pulls-books-graphic-sex-libraries-80219516\">removed<\/a> two books from its libraries, including <em>Gender Queer<\/em> by Maia Kobabe, which contains explicit illustrations of sexual encounters, including oral sex and masturbation, involving children.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another book, <em>Lawn Boy<\/em>, contains graphic descriptions of sex between men and children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth books were previous winners of the American Library Association\u2019s Alex Awards, which each year recognize \u2018ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18,\u2019\u201d the Associated Press (AP) reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fairfax County parent Stacy Langton raised the issue about the books\u2019 accessibility to children at a school board meeting, and, as she read some of the explicit passages from <em>Gender Queer<\/em>, a school board member cut her off and actually chastised her for using explicit language.<\/p>\n<p>AP noted <em>Gender Queer<\/em> publisher Oni Press responded to the district\u2019s decision to remove that book with a statement saying the move was \u201cshort-sighted and reactionary.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.21568627451\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Folks, Terry McAuliffe is flat-out lying about the bipartisan legislation he vetoed.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the bill. It&#8217;s super short. Here&#8217;s the entire thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/066gzycrap\">https:\/\/t.co\/066gzycrap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why is McAuliffe so afraid of parents knowing what their children are being assigned in school? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VAgov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VAgov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gmbg7eLupr\">pic.twitter.com\/gmbg7eLupr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1453391729328115714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Youngkin observed the <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB516ER\">legislation<\/a> McAuliffe vetoed, <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/VA\/rollcall\/HB516\/id\/512318\">passed<\/a> with Democrat approval as well as that of Republicans, and would have amended the Code of Virginia with the following addition:<\/p>\n<p>Policy on sexually explicit instructional material; parental notification; alternative instructional materials.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>A. The Board shall establish a policy to require each public elementary or secondary school to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Notify the parent of any student whose teacher reasonably expects to provide instructional material that includes sexually explicit content, as defined by the Board. Such notification shall (i) directly identify the specific instructional material and sexually explicit content contained in such material and (ii) set forth the parent\u2019s options pursuant to subdivisions 2 and 3;<\/li>\n<li>Permit the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content upon request; and<\/li>\n<li>Provide, as an alternative to instructional material and related academic activities that include sexually explicit content, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>B. Each local school board shall comply with the policy that is established by the Board pursuant to subsection A.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2975609756098\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glenn Youngkin\u2019s far-right social agenda is WRONG for Virginia. From abortion rights to same-sex marriage to book banning. He wants to take us back.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terry McAuliffe (@TerryMcAuliffe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryMcAuliffe\/status\/1453346407948169221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.660130718954\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terry McAuliffe should learn Virginia law. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VAgov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VAgov<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a7 1-240.1. Rights of parents.<br \/>A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent&#8217;s child. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0EDigYoCze\">https:\/\/t.co\/0EDigYoCze<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/shFwGDg8Lf\">pic.twitter.com\/shFwGDg8Lf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1443037359419924482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a debate with Youngkin in late September, McAuliffe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/29\/terry-mcauliffe-i-dont-think-parents-should-be-telling-schools-what-they-should-teach\/\">created<\/a> a firestorm on social media when he stated, \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own decisions,\u201d the Democrat said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9280575539568\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terry McAuliffe was asked a simple question: &#8220;If you win, how are you going to work with those parents who have concerns about how things are being taught in schools?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His answer says it all. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VAgov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VAgov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/51q1TE2mNK\">pic.twitter.com\/51q1TE2mNK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1453367760734629897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Warning: Graphic Images** Former Virginia Gov. 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