A father in Florida had his mic cut off at a school board meeting after trying to read 'pornography' he found in the school district.
On 30 June, Bruce Friedman attended the televised Clay County School District meeting to read from some books he'd found in the public school libraries.
His mic was promptly cut off for attempting to read 'pornography into a public television set'.
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Bruce is the dad of a 15-year-old boy and is president of Florida's No Left Turn in Education group, which was set up to expose indoctrination in the public school system.
The group took issue with some books they'd found in the public library, one of which was Lucky, by Alice Sebold - the story includes descriptions of rape.
It could be argued that reading a book about a woman's experience of rape is actually a pretty good education for young adults but, clearly, not everyone agrees. The other books that No Left Turn in Education took issue with have not yet been disclosed.
But, attempting to read excerpts from Lucky at the meeting, Bruce said: "I'm going to read things; if there's children watching, cover their ears."
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Bruce's microphone was then switched off and when he asked why, he was told: "The problem is, sir, that these meetings are broadcast, there are people at home that are watching it on YouTube. There are people that are watching it on community television. Are you going to listen? Or are you going to run your mouth?"
The father was then told that there were federal and state laws that 'prohibit you from saying the things you're getting out' and that telling people to cover their ears, 'doesn't cut it.'
Bruce responded by asking to have the floor back, to which he was told: "You'll get it back, but you'll get it back to talk about something besides reading pornography into a public television set."
The father went on to speak to Fox News about the issue, saying: "No one will be held accountable for putting pornography in front of this county's children."
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The conservative father did share his opinion on Drag Queen Story Hour performers.
The initiative sees drag queens read to primary school-aged children in public spaces in an effort to foster a community of acceptance.
To which Bruce responded: "I saw this recently, so I'm going to repeat it. We shouldn't be asking whether or not it's okay for our children to sit in on a drag queen story hour, we should be asking why the drag queens want an audience of children."
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LADBible has gone to the school district for comment.
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Shola Lee