Opinion | 'Why aren’t these alarmists focusing on a book that’s chock-full of incest, rape, and gore? I’m talking, of course, about the Bible.'
Some people have become so alarmed by what children might read in school or in libraries that they want books they don’t like removed — immediately. The targeted books include scenes of sexual awakening, gender identity, racism, or violence.
People on the warpath about “dangerous” books started urging libraries and schools to ban books they found objectionable in 2021. That discontent bubbled to the surface during Covid-caused school shutdowns and has now erupted into a culture war. In a city as big as Nampa, with over 100,000 residents, you’d think one person’s demands would at least require a hearing before action is taken, yet the school board removed all 24 books “forever.” As it turned out, only 23 books were taken off the shelves because one young adult book on the list had never been bought.
Then the Idaho state Legislature jumped on the controversy. Last year, House Republicans passed House Bill 666 to hold librarians “criminally liable” for distributing material considered “harmful to minors.”
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