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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Tennessee schools work to adapt as new law bans books with any sexual content, nudity

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Some Tennessee school districts are voicing concerns about a new Tennessee law that bans books that contain any nudity or descriptions of sex, no matter how brief or the context. 

The law goes into effect in just a few weeks and school libraries are scrambling to comply.

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How did it even get in there? And why is it there? Never mind, we know the answer to that.
I spent a lot of time in school libraries when I was growing up. Hell, I loved them so much I used to cut class to go to the library, and I never once saw any material in there with nudity or descriptions of sex. Novels and study material, yes. Smut, no.