The tussle between conservatives and progressives continues.
Indiana is the latest conservative state to fight back against inappropriate materials being available to students in classrooms and libraries. Republican legislators introduced House Bill 1195 to ban obscene content in school literature, aiming to align district policies with parents’ wishes. Yes, it’s a preamble to book bans. This action comes on the heels of a controversial vote by the board of the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) in Columbus, IN, approving a book titled Push by the novelist Sapphire. During a meeting and subsequent vote, parents lined up to deliver peaceful protests against having the book on the shelves, calling it “violent, pornographic,” and disturbing.
The board then passed a measure that bars parents from…
