Conservative Indiana lawmakers want to pass a bill banning sexually explicit material in school classrooms after another district approved a pornographic book in the face of parents’ objections.
In September, the board for the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) in Columbus, Indiana (located between Indianapolis and Louisville), voted to approve a book titled Push by Sapphire, despite protests from parents concerned about graphic text. One board member read passages from the book at the meeting where they passed a measure that bars parents from keeping the title out of children’s hands.
“Just me trying to go through this right now makes me almost want to throw up,” he said.
