Outraged Mom Alleges Book Promoting Sex at Church Camp Is in Classroom
New York Post, appeared before the Hillsborough County school board meeting to speak about a book called Blankets, which she said contains "crass talk," including, "'Church camp is the best place to score p****,'" and other sexually explicit material."I'm here to report to you about the committee that met on September 18 about the book Blankets ...
today I would like to specifically talk about the 15-page bedroom scene that was addressed in that book challenge that was filed," Gebhards said, according to a transcript of the meeting. "It includes erection, breast fondling, biting, tasting, oral copulation, stripping off clothes in heated passion, 22 images of the aroused couple, 10 images of her naked breasts."Gebhards went on to show images from the book and claimed that it was currently in children's libraries, "here in Hillsborough County." Newsweek was unable to independently verify that the book is in classrooms or libraries within the school district.
Newsweek reached out to the district via email for comment on Monday.The remarks by the mother regarding the book arrived amid ongoing controversy over possible book bans in many Republican-led states.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis previously signed legislation in the state banning books in schools for children that included any sort of sexually explicit material."In Florida, pornographic and inappropriate materials that have been snuck into our classrooms and libraries to sexualize our students violate our state education standards.
Florida is the education state and that means providing students with a quality education free from sexualization and harmful materials that are not age appropriate," DeSantis said in a press release this year.Additionally, Scholastic also recently announced that it was offering schools a new "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" section for book fairs to avoid any issues relating to possible book bans."There is now enacted or pending legislation in more than 30 U.S.
