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| Gender Queer |
By Gretchen Garrity
When I first became aware that our public libraries and schools had become a vector for defiling children, I was shocked. What would possess a library/school to allow such a thing?
How could books like Gender Queer and All Boys Aren't Blue be considered suitable for minors? Why would it be culturally sensitive to show little children a Japanese bathhouse full of naked girls and women? When did it become normal to introduce tiny children to transgender ideology?
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| The Big Bath House for ages 4-8 |
Historically, most cultures have protected children from ideas and acts that had the possibility of harming their mental and emotional well being. The early sexualization of children is deeply evil. At its foundation it speaks to a depraved desire to promote sex with children.
Indeed, there is a strong move to treat the desire to have sex with children as an alternative sexuality--you've heard of MAP (minor attracted person) as the new classification, rather than pedophile. "Fixing" the connotation moves the normalization of it down the road toward acceptance.
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| From: Booklooks |
The American Library Association opposes internet filters in libraries. Many of the apps for libraries, such as the Libby app, allow minors with a few clicks to access age-inappropriate online books and magazines. The battle is far from over.
After a recent conversation with members of Operation Soap--who just caught another sexual predator over the weekend, see HERE--it seems clear that the problem has metastasized. When you read the conversations these adults have with decoys, it is obvious that pornography is playing a huge role in defiling both minors and adults. An article titled, "Physiological, Psychosocial and Substance Abuse Effects of Pornography Addiction: A Narrative Review," stated:
"There has been a significant increase in the consumption of sexually explicit material, even in places where it is illegal, over the years [2,3]. Porn sites getting more visitors than Amazon, Twitter and Netflix combined shows how alarming this situation is. The increase in online pornography consumption can be appreciated because, in 2019, the world's top porn site's traffic jumped to one billion visitors per month, placing it among the world's top internet sites [2]."
Who would be surprised to find out that many sex offenders started out looking at pornography? Dusty Deevers, a pastor and state senator from Oklahoma, has written an article for The Federalist titled, "The First Amendment doesn’t protect sexual abuse images. Pornography is not speech. It is prostitution and must be abolished." Sen. Deevers has introduced a bill into the Oklahoma Senate to abolish pornography.
Naturally, those who oppose the bill cite the First Amendment and free speech rights--the same argument that the ALA makes when pushing smut into libraries. Deevers says, "Like their cohorts in the pro-abortion movement, it is not surprising that pornography’s advocates (imagine publicly outing yourself as a pornography advocate) appeal to “choice” rather than the characteristics of the disputed conduct because there is simply no defending the conduct."
Sen. Deevers goes on to describe the legal case against pornography. It's not long but packs a punch. Read HERE.
In a 2023 paper titled, "Pornography Consumption and Cognitive-Affective Distress," researchers found:
"In addition, various data indicate that manifestations of the “sexual addiction” related to excessive sexual behavior due to craving may cause inability of self-control and also subjective experiences of internal conflict, very similar to symptoms that usually manifest in obsessive-compulsive disorders (Goodman, 2001, 2008; Mauer-Vakil and Bahji, 2020). These symptoms may have very malignant effects mainly in adolescent age and can determine psychopathological changes related to processing of sexual stimuli and negatively influence sexual fantasies, attitudes, and behavior (Braun-Courville and Rojas, 2009; Cooper et al., 2004; Kafka, 2010). Further findings also indicate that Internet pornography exposure provides “artificial” (not natural) stimuli that do not correspond to real psychosocial contacts and interpersonal relations, which may lead to eliciting abnormal emotional responses (Burtăverde et al., 2021; Laier et al., 2013; Mauer-Vakil and Bahji, 2020; Ross et al., 2012; Štulhofer et al., 2016)."
Another article details the physiological effects of pornography on the brain, "Studies Show Pornography Changes the Brain." Among the outcomes was less grey matter, weaker brain response, the decision-making part of the brain is reduced, and more extreme stimuli is sought out as time goes on.
Reading the text messaging between the predators and decoys on Operation Soap is troubling. It's distressing and disgusting and revealing.
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| From: Operation Soap |
The ALA wants citizens to believe that providing children age-inappropriate, sexually explicit materials (whether heterosexual, homosexual or transgender) is a First Amendment issue. It is not a First Amendment issue, it is an access issue. Minors should not have access to materials that run counter to their age, their parents' rights to curate materials for them, and that violate community standards.
Those who oppose common sense rant on about the banning of books and censorship, while carrying out an agenda of defilement against our most vulnerable citizens. The ALA indoctrinates librarians with training and techniques to overcome the objections of parents and usurp parental rights.
The societal issue of pornography, the inclusion of age-inappropriate and sexually explicit books in our libraries and schools, and the sexual predation of minors is all connected. And citizens are attacking it from all angles. The battle has never been clearer.
There is good and there is evil.
Be on the side of groups like Operation Soap. Don't be on the side of organizations like the ALA. It's time to fully expose the works of darkness.
The next board of trustee meeting at the Christian County Library is February 25 at 6 p.m. in Nixa. Your presence and prayers are needed.
