• agent_flounder@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    25
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    6 months ago

    I’m sure horrifically violent books are fine but anything to do with human sexuality and it’s shocked gasps and clutched pearls.

    All because these festering ball sacks think being LGBTQ is a choice. I want to slap some empathy and decency into every one of them.

    So now librarians either quit, yank anything that might be considered “obscene” (see below), or end up with a felony conviction and $25,000 poorer. All so bigots can pass on their bigotry to children to make this world shittier for LGBTQ people.

    How is ‘obscene matter’ defined?

    West Virginia State Code defines obscene matter as anything “an average person believes depicts or describes sexually explicit conduct,” including nudity, sex or certain bodily functions.

    It’s also defined by “anything a reasonable person would find lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value,” according to the bill.

    • Revan343@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      6 months ago

      but anything to do with human sexuality and it’s shocked gasps and clutched pearls

      Unless it’s a little drunk father-daughter incest, that’s totally kosher