TWO ROCKWOOD LIBRARY BOOKS: COURT RULING = PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THEY ARE "OBSCENE FOR UNRESTRICTED VIEWING BY MINORS"
Those books are "Gender Queer, A Memoir," and "A Court of Mist and Fury."
See the the content of Gender Queer here.
Rockwood parents have heard of "Gender Queer" before. It was unsuccessfully challenged and appealed this past fall. It remains in Eureka, Lafayette and Rockwood Summit high schools.
They have probably NOT yet heard of "A Court of Mist and Fury," because it hasn't yet been challenged or discussed on social media here. But, we checked library records, and, it's in all four of Rockwood high schools.
Here's a page from the book.
WARNING: MATURE CONTENT
It includes this writing:
"He nudged my legs apart with his knees, spreading me as he gripped my hips, tugging them up, up before he sheathed himself deep into me with a single stroke."
"I moaned into the pillow.."
"Rhys pulled out and plunged back in.."
"...I climaxed with his name on my lips.."
"...one hand cupping my breast as the other rolled and stroked that bundle of nerves between my legs, and I couldn't tell where one climax ended and the second began as he thrust in again..."
"I kissed him again and again and rode him gently..."
ROCKWOOD STUDENTS ARE READING BOTH BOOKS RIGHT NOW
Rockwood's library database shows, as of this writing on May 19th, one copy of "Gender Queer" is checked out at Eureka High School and one copy of "A Court of Mist and Fury" is checked out at Rockwood Summit High School.
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| "Gender Queer" currently checked out at EHS. |
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| "A Court of Mist and Fury" currently checked out at Rockwood Summit High School |
RESTRAINING ORDER FROM PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THE BOOKS ARE OBSCENE
A Virginia Beach attorney, Tim Anderson, announced the court ruling on his Facebook page yesterday.
With the ruling, he announced he is now seeking "a restraining order against Barnes and Noble and Virginia Beach Schools to enjoin them from selling or loaning these books to minors without parental consent."
WILL THIS AFFECT ROCKWOOD?
If the ruling is upheld in the Virginia Beach case, that will likely bolster interest in going to court here in Missouri, but, everything is speculation at this point.
STATUS OF THE VA CASE
Probable cause means there's enough evidence to believe something is true, but, is not a final ruling.
In this Virginia Beach case, the order of probable cause has been sent to authors of both books and now they have a chance to prove to the court that these books are not obscene.
THE STATUTE
This is the Virginia statute that was used: 18.2-384.
This is a developing story.