OK bill would pay parents $10K each day their nominated banned books remain in libraries

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[–]soundsituation[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Archive: https://archive.ph/OmI4D
Current text of the bill: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20INT/SB/SB1142%20INT.PDF

[–]AXXA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Letting any one parent to ban books is going too far.

[–]soundsituation[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It would be effective at quickly getting the groomer texts out of schools, but I think I agree with you. Achieving that short-term goal isn't worth giving parents this kind of power.

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I was ready to disagree cuz of censorship but it sounds like a good law, let the parents get sex ed books for their kids themselves if they really want to

[–]soundsituation[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My understanding is that this bill is strictly about library books, not curriculum-required textbooks. I could be wrong about that but if the bill only deals with library materials, biology/health classes could still have sex-ed instruction.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When I was a kid the best way to get me to read a book was to ban it.