PA FREEDOM CAUCUS MEMBER TO UNVEIL TOOL IN FIGHT AGAINST OBSCENITY IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Harrisburg, PA- The Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus announced today that Rep. Tom Jones (R-Lancaster, Lebanon) will be hosting a press conference on Wednesday at 10am in the Ryan House Office Building to discuss protecting children from obscene material. The press conference comes after calls by the Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus for the Commonwealth to cut all ties with the American Library Association (ALA) and its obsession with promoting the hyper-sexualization of children, the indoctrination of youth, and the expansion of children’s access to these obscene materials.
“I will be joining fellow members of the PA Freedom Caucus and General Assembly to provide a tool to help protect children from sexually explicit material and highlight some of the books currently known to be in school libraries”, stated Jones. “So often simply asking the question “What is in my child’s school library?” can bring ridicule and accusations of being an enemy of free speech. This type of name-calling is only meant to bully and intimidate reasonable parents into remaining silent.”, Jones continued. “Parents are our students most valuable advocates and they deserve to be informed in order to make the best choice for their children.”
PAFC member Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland), who will be making the opening statement the conference, urges parents to check with their local school district to see if these types of books are in your child’s library. “The false narrative being pushed by the radical left is that taking sexually explicit books, paid for by the taxpayers, out of school libraries is a book ban. Completely ignoring that it is unlawful to expose sexually explicit materials to minors under all circumstances.”
Below are just some of the books and content being celebrated and promoted:
Click here to view the contents of books that are available to our children.
There may only be 2 of our Republicans willing to publicly stand up against this very organized and funded takeover of our children's minds - but history has proved, it only takes 1! Thank you ! You have the vote of the majority!
Just to clarify:
1) I was raised in a fairly-"sheltered" way, by parents who, in general, protected me from the majority of the "destructive" and/or "unwholesome" aspects that existed, around (and "in close proximity to") the "world" that was our family; so, there was A LOT OF STUFF that was going on, in the world (and, even, "in the USA" and "in my own, particular region of the USA"), that I knew NOTHING about.
And I'm GRATEFUL, for that!
In general, I was provided with the ability to "be a kid" whose "job" it was, "to learn as much as I could, of what the schools were teaching, so that I could grow up to be a good, responsible American who would be capable of contributing --and upholding-- society and the country.
(Not "staging a hold-up" of society, but "upholding" society!)
Whatever I learned or read, whether in school or "from the library", ALL of that material entered my consciousness "in the light of" my family and the world-view I had, that I was "brought up" with.
So, that's why I wasn't "damaged" by that stuff.
2) I was a teenager, like any other teenager; and I "rebelled", just like everyone else. But, I found ways to do that, other than having sex and doing drugs.
I wore my hair [somewhat] long; and I read books that, looking back, maybe my folks wouldn't have liked, if they'd known about it.
But, in general, they had confidence in me, and trusted me.
And maybe they had good reason to; because, I made good grades, and didn't hang out, outside the convenience store, trying to get someone to buy me beer or cigarettes.
So, ANY recollections or anecdotes I might have, come from THAT kind of perspective.
While I was a typical, human teenager who DID, in fact, give his parents PLENTY of gray hairs and heartache, are some kinds of problems that I did NOT give them.
So, I have no idea what it would be like, to be the parent of a kid whose "connection" with his family and with law-and-order is more tenuous than mine was, when I was a kid.
And it's for THAT reason, that...
3) I am NOT going to try to stop parents from insisting that their kids' schools' libraries refrain from carrying certain books.
4) I'm glad I'm not a kid, nowadays; and I'm sorry that I gave my parents the problems that I gave them. And I'm glad I don't have to raise kids, in the environment that exists, today.
5) Parents and kids, today, have my compassion; I know they're experiencing many challenges and trials. I'm trying to provide such comfort as is possible, for them, to receive, in "the world as it is, today;" I do NOT wish to bend other people nor their beliefs about "the world, as it is", to MY "way"; because, "my way" might not be "right", for everybody.
I know that. So, I "put it out there", as a sign that I support the existence of a good, wholesome environment, in the City and countryside, in Pennsylvania; especially, by means of doing my best, to "stay in my lane".