Comments on: Utah School District Sued Over Limiting Access to Family Book, I Say Huzzah

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:26:05 +0000

Because not everyone is born traditionally beautiful on the outside. It is so important to teach ourselves to look for the positive qualities a person has rather than how “pretty” they are. If you truly feel awful for saying that, maybe you need to spend some time thinking about the consequences for judging people based on appearance alone. Perhaps finding a copy of the book and reading it through might be a good start.

By: Awful

Awful — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:03:47 +0000

I’m an awful person for saying this but, god, why do they have to look like that?

By: Dagra Dai

Dagra Dai — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:43:21 +0000

I think marriage equality will come to Utah sooner than to the south.

By: Paper0Flowers

Paper0Flowers — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:44:20 +0000

I’ve always thought this way. When I rewatch movies that I first saw and loved as a kid, I’m constantly picking up on sexual content that I was happily oblivious too the first few times around.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:45:10 +0000

I think it’s also interesting to note that “Utah is barely passing when it comes to education, earning an overall grade of C-, according to Education Week’s annual Quality Counts report.” -

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53279780-78/education-utah-percent-report.html.csp

Might have something to do with their aversion to booklearnins such as this.

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:19:49 +0000

The violence vs. sex stigma is something that has always puzzled me (especially when it’s something that isn’t really about sex, like this, but that’s a whole different issue). Generally, the kids who people think are young enough to be “ruined” by sex scenes are also too young to understand what’s going on. That’s why shows like Animaniacs or Rocko’s Modern Life get away with making veiled (or sometimes not so veiled, as with this clip) sex jokes without being kicked off the air. On the other hand, kids get from an early age what violence is, and are thus easily traumatized by it from that age. So where on earth did American culture get the idea that sex is worse?

By: Evey

Evey — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:58:38 +0000

“I bet if you are a student you don’t know about 99 percent of the books on the shelves anyways.”

This just infuriates me so much. I remember actually running out of books to read at my grade level when I was in elementary school. I don’t know if that was just me loving reading or if all young children really like books (I hope the latter), but this dismissive statement really shows how much that school district cares about its students’ education aka none.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:22:28 +0000

As a gay lady born and raised in Utah I hate both that this is happening and that because of it people associate such bigotry with my state. Unfortunately the cities where this book ban has occurred are not as accepting. I am fortunate enough to live, work, and go to school in Salt Lake City which as a whole is accepting of all people regardless of sexual orientation and has enacted city ordinances to reflect this. I am also aware of the strong religious and conservative background that encompasses the majority of the state which is not as accepting. But, even in a state dominated by a single religion that in the past has actively campaigned against my equality I hold out hope in humanity and work to educate all people on equality because I do believe that lawsuits like this one and ongoing grassroots efforts will eventually prevail and I will be able to live openly and marry the woman that I love legally regardless of the state I reside in.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:17:11 +0000

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA. LOL.

Wait, you’re serious, aren’t you? Just a sec, I’ll laugh harder. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA.

No, seriously, you’re awful.

By: E

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:40:10 +0000

Uggggh. WTF is wrong with people?! This makes me want to hurl something. So much stupidity.

By: Danika @ The Lesbrary

Danika @ The Lesbrary — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:49:19 +0000

“I bet if you are a student you don’t know about 99 percent of the books on the shelves anyways.”

Well, yes, generally one would not have to know about them beforehand because one would look at the shelf and then know about them. That’s where people go to discover books.

By: Dagra Dai

Dagra Dai — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:21:10 +0000

As John Oliver said, in wake of the Dave Petraeus scandal, we need to do something about heterosexuals in the military.