Sen. Justine Wadsack, R-Tucson, the sponsor of SB 1700, says the bill simply gives parents a 'pathway to complain about these books that they find to be illicit.'
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — State senators agreed to have the Arizona Department of Education come up with a list of books that cannot be used in public schools.
She said SB 1700 is set up so that any parent can ask the Department of Education to place a book on the"banned" list if he or she finds the books to be"lewd or sexual in nature, to promote gender fluidity or gender pronouns or to groom children into normalizing pedophilia." Sen. Anna Hernandez, D-Phoenix, said her concern extends to what the legislation decides is unacceptable. She cited the verbiage making off limits anything"to promote gender fluidity or gender pronouns.""There are no brochures trying to sell it," she continued."Gender fluidity is a naturally occurring phenomenon some people experience.""You might as well include books that promote left-handedness or curly hair," she said.
"They all want to defend the books, they all want to talk about the books," Wadsack said."But they're not defending the rights of the child to have an innocent childhood."
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