A school board in Virginia has, at least temporarily, reversed a decision to ban LGBTQ books from school libraries after widespread condemnation.On Tuesday, Nov.
16, Spotsylvania County School Board voted 5-2 to rescind the decision, which came after parents’ objection to LGBTQ fiction in Riverbend High School’s library app.
The two naysayers were Rabih Abuismail and Kirk Twigg, who on Nov. 8 suggested that the offending books be burned.The vote came a day after a board meeting attended by dozens of students, parents and teachers — some displaying signs reading, “Give back the books!” and “Books not bonfires.”At the meeting, Abuismail and Twigg were accused of violating school district policies and the board’s code of ethics, with many.
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