MP> Here in the US there has been some attempts at getting sexually explicit
 MP> LGBTQ++ material into the libraries of younger students... not 2 moms or
 MP> 2 dads materials, but books that include illustrations of things like
 MP> two younger same-sex persons fondling and performing other sex acts on
 MP> each other.

Any news sources that are verifiable? How legit have these attempts been, and by
whom? Some kook that nobody would otherwise pay attention to however it's so
salacious and on brand with political discourse at the time that we feel the
need to highlight it, or is it a serious attempt to get sexually explicit
material of any sort in front of minors? I have a very hard time believing the
latter is true.

 MP> I don't care if it is hetero... exposing children to such material when
 MP> they are too young to process it is damaging.  At the very least, I feel
 MP> the persons responsible don't want kids to have a childhood any more
 MP> (porn exposure will ruin that quick), but I suspect it goes far beyond
 MP> that.

Agree. Who are the persons responsible in this case?

 MP> The people who act OK with it... the ones I know... are usually parents
 MP> of older kids who are somewhere on the non-binary spectrum.  As long as
 MP> it aligns with their own kid's feelings, they don't care what damage it
 MP> might do to others.  When our state overreacted by instituting a book
 MP> ban law, they couldn't understand that this overreaction was in direct
 MP> reaction to the overaction of whoever is pushing such material at kids.

You know people who are cool with putting sexually explicit material in front of
children?

Anywho, to put the shoe on the other foot, the argument for introducing the
concept of same sex parents and things of that nature, is to not alienate the
kids who belong to these nontraditional families. When folks are accustomed to
privilege equality can certainly feel like oppression. Kids of traditional
families are not being screwed over here. It's merely putting a lens on kids
from other backgrounds that have traditionally faced a lot of shame and hardship
which is not their fault.

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