Tag Archives: All Boys aren’t Blue

Banned Books Week

Posted on September 23, 2024 by David E Smith

Banned Books Week, an annual propaganda campaign by the left-wing ALA, highlights the most radically inappropriate, obscene or downright pornographic books that are available to anyone of any age without restrictions in libraries...

Posted in Education, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors, All Boys aren’t Blue, American Library Association, American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, Banned Book Week, Beloved, Crank, Ellen Hopkins, Erika Moen, Flamer, Freedom to Read Foundation, Gender Queer, George M. Johnson, Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights, Jesse Andrews, Judith Krug, Juno Dawson, Let's Talk About It, Maia Kobabe, Matthew Nolan, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Mike Curato, Office for Intellectual Freedom, Patricia McCormick, Sherman Alexie, Sold, Stephen Chbosky, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Bluest Eye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, This Book is Gay, Toni Morrison, Tricks | Comments Off

Different Perspectives?

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Several essential characteristics separate humans from other mammals. The most significant among them is our complex reasoning ability. We can solve problems throughout the full range of our current awareness. We have a powerful capability to observe, collect, and analyze facts. We can formulate theories and design meticulous studies to test them out. And we can debate the meaning of the findings of those studies.

Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Faith, Federal, Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture, Pornography, Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged 1st Amendment, All Boys aren’t Blue, American Library Association, book bans, child exploitation, children, Crank, Different Perspectives?, DSM-5, Gender Queer, Governor Pritzker, HB 2789, It’s Perfectly Normal, J.B. Pritzker, Jack Rigert, John Paul II Renewal Center, Kate Buckson, LGBT, nationalism, St. Charles Public Library | Comments Off

Fictional Book Bans

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Secretary of State, recently testified before a U.S. Senate Committee on the issue of how to determine what books belong in libraries and who determines what stays and what goes. Under questioning by Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), Giannoulias found himself at a loss for words after Kennedy read obscene passages from two controversial books, Gender Queer and All Boys Aren’t Blue, often found in public and school libraries.

Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Federal, Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture, Pornography, Sexuality | Tagged Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors, ALA, ALA Bill of Rights, Alexi Giannoulias, All Boys aren’t Blue, American Library Association’s Bill of Rights, child exploitation, Fictional Book Bans, Gender Queer, Governor Pritzker, HB2789, Illinois Secretary of State, Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights, libraries, minors, pornography | Comments Off

Age Appropriate Doesn’t Mean Banned

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Nothing opens your mind to new worlds and new possibilities better than a book. Stories can communicate ideas, themes, and lessons considerably better than a lecture does. Children love to act out the stories of their favorite characters, adopting their mannerisms and wishing to be them. You probably can think of a book that has impacted you deeply and maybe even encouraged you to change your behavior in some manner.

Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen, Pornography, Sexuality | Tagged 1984, Age Appropriate Doesn't Mean Banned, All Boys aren’t Blue, Big Brother, book banning, children, Freedom, Gender Queer, George Orwell, Lawn Boy, LGBTQIA agenda, Moms for Liberty, pornography, public schools | Comments Off