Virginia School Board Calls For Literal Book Burning

The Fredericksburg Lance-Star reports:

The Spotsylvania County School Board has directed staff to begin removing books that contain “sexually explicit” material from library shelves and report on the number of books that have been removed at a special called meeting next week. The directive came after a parent raised concerns at the School Board’s meeting Monday about books available through the Riverbend High School’s digital library app.

The board voted 6–0 to order the removal.  Two board members, Courtland representative Rabih Abuismail and Livingston representative Kirk Twigg, said they would like to see the removed books burned. “I think we should throw those books in a fire,” Abuismail said, and Twigg said he wants to “see the books before we burn them so we can identify within our community that we are eradicating this bad stuff.”

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Republicans are literally urging the burning of books in school libraries.?

“Two board members, Courtland representative Rabih Abuismail and Livingston representative Kirk Twigg, said they would like to see the removed books burned.”https://t.co/UlJB5S37zq

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 10, 2021

A Virginia school board voted to remove books by queer authors from the school library, with members specifically calling for the books to be burned https://t.co/qYYalufcPd

— Gillian Branstetter (@GBBranstetter) November 10, 2021