Dad sues library over Lesbian sex" book

Gwyn ap Nudd

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The father of two teenage boys wants $20,000 from his city for the damage sustained by his sons when they found a book on lesbian sex on a public library bookshelf.

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The boys, ages 14 and 16, were searching for material on military academies but came across "The Whole Lesbian Sex Book" by Felice Newman. Adams said that finding the books "greatly disturbed" his sons and that the book caused "many sleepless nights in our house."
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I'm sure that it did "greatly disturb the sleep" of the two healthy teenage boys, but I doubt that it was because they were traumatized.
 
Are sex manuals routinely stored amongst military books on American library shelves? Or can we assume these teenagers weren't looking for what they were supposed to be researching?
 
If this in any way traumatised them, it would most likely be because their parents brought them up with an unhealthy view about sex to start with; i.e. the view that anything except the missionary position between two married people is going to send people to Hell. (Some hyperbole there, but I'm not sure if it's all that much)
 
Ian Osborne said:
Are sex manuals routinely stored amongst military books on American library shelves?
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Of course they are! It's all part of that evil liberal-lesbian plot to corrupt the morals of clean-living all-American teenage boys who are searching for healthy masculine pastimes.
 
Ian Osborne said:
Are sex manuals routinely stored amongst military books on American library shelves? Or can we assume these teenagers weren't looking for what they were supposed to be researching?
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Or (as a media specialist from time-to-time) someone hid it there so they could check it out later (may have owed fine or such) figuring people interested in military were probably not as likely to be interested in lesbian sex.
 
How many of us got through life without losing some sleep over some uncomfortable event, or something we saw in a book or a magazine? I was in Grade School in the early 70s, when newspapers and magazines were constantly showing photos of Viet Nam atrocities. I remember having sleepness nights when LIFE Magazine had a photo essay on Siamese Twins (I was 7 years old and had never seen birth defects before), but my parents explained to me why people are born different, they didn't sue the school, library, magazine publishers, etc..

Did such lawsuits even exist 30 years ago?

Am I being naive to think that there's more to parenting than suing everybody that makes your child feel uncomfortable?

As mentioned above - It's just another Sue-Happy American who sees an opportunity to grab at some cash.


(Hey, I'm venting and ranting, but this kind of stuff ticks me off, and you know that somewhere, somebody is going to try to make a new law to ban books that make him/her feel uncomfortable)
 
Moon-Spinner said:
How many of us got through life without losing some sleep over some uncomfortable event, or something we saw in a book or a magazine? I was in Grade School in the early 70s, when newspapers and magazines were constantly showing photos of Viet Nam atrocities. I remember having sleepness nights when LIFE Magazine had a photo essay on Siamese Twins (I was 7 years old and had never seen birth defects before), but my parents explained to me why people are born different, they didn't sue the school, library, magazine publishers, etc..

Did such lawsuits even exist 30 years ago?

Am I being naive to think that there's more to parenting than suing everybody that makes your child feel uncomfortable?

As mentioned above - It's just another Sue-Happy American who sees an opportunity to grab at some cash.


(Hey, I'm venting and ranting, but this kind of stuff ticks me off, and you know that somewhere, somebody is going to try to make a new law to ban books that make him/her feel uncomfortable)
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True -- by that logic, my parents should have sued the school for making me read "Lord of the Flies".
 
If the book was amongst the millitary academy books, it was most likely squirreled there for nefarious reasons like cutting out pictures or performing sex acts (even alone) in a library. I speak from experience of discovering both. :mad:

Perhaps the father should have been supervising his children if he feels so strongly about what they see? And who was sleepless? The parents or the children?
 
LibraryLady said:
If the book was amongst the millitary academy books, it was most likely squirreled there for nefarious reasons like cutting out pictures or performing sex acts (even alone) in a library. I speak from experience. :mad:
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:jaw-dropp
Wow, after the things you’ve got up to, I'm surprised they let you through the front door of the library, let alone allow you to be a librarian!
:boxedin:

ETA- damn, I just noticed that you edited your post…
 
LibraryLady said:
If the book was amongst the millitary academy books, it was most likely squirreled there for nefarious reasons like cutting out pictures or performing sex acts (even alone) in a library. I speak from experience of discovering both. :mad:
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You caught someone glopping away into a biology text book while crouching behind the biographies? Wow, he must've been really desperate...
 
Moon-Spinner said:
How many of us got through life without losing some sleep over some uncomfortable event, or something we saw in a book or a magazine? I was in Grade School in the early 70s, when newspapers and magazines were constantly showing photos of Viet Nam atrocities. I remember having sleepness nights when LIFE Magazine had a photo essay on Siamese Twins (I was 7 years old and had never seen birth defects before), but my parents explained to me why people are born different, they didn't sue the school, library, magazine publishers, etc..

Did such lawsuits even exist 30 years ago?

Am I being naive to think that there's more to parenting than suing everybody that makes your child feel uncomfortable?

As mentioned above - It's just another Sue-Happy American who sees an opportunity to grab at some cash.


(Hey, I'm venting and ranting, but this kind of stuff ticks me off, and you know that somewhere, somebody is going to try to make a new law to ban books that make him/her feel uncomfortable)
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My guess is that thirty years ago, a judge would have required the plaintiff to provide evidence of actual, real-life harm before allowing a lawsuit to proceed.


These parents need to find some hobbies.

"They came across the book" indeed.
 
brodski said:
:jaw-dropp
Wow, after the things you’ve got up to, I'm surprised they let you through the front door of the library, let alone allow you to be a librarian!
:boxedin:

ETA- damn, I just noticed that you edited your post…
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Nanny nanny boo boo. Yeah, I noticed that and realized someone would jump on it. So to speak.

Ian Osborne said:
You caught someone glopping away into a biology text book while crouching behind the biographies? Wow, he must've been really desperate...
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Actually a picture book on movie stars in the literary criticism section. Desperation indeed.
 
My guess is that if you actually look back at the historic records, you will probably find any number of lawsuits that were thrown out for being frivolous, but the media just didn’t cover them like they do now. A lot of news programs feel compelled to fill their news with fluff for ratings purposes. Plus, there are a lot of wealthy corporations that like it when media outlets start pounding away at frivolous lawsuits. It helps build up support for “tort deform”.
 
LibraryLady said:
If the book was amongst the millitary academy books,
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I'd say that's a mighty big if. I think it is more likely, "Uh, honest Dad! We were just looking for books on ... uh... military academies! Yeah, that's it!"
 
Shouldn't those boys have been researching in past issues of National Geographic instead?

I love when people sue libraries....

Charlie (they're so full of spare money and high paid staff) Monoxide
 
I am suing, as well.

That book is never on the shelf. It's time they got a second one or something.
 
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