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Dad Wants $20K, Says Lesbian Book Disturbed Teens

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Dad Wants $20K, Says Lesbian Book Disturbed Teens
Man Says Lesbian Book Caused 'Sleepless Nights'

A Bentonville, Ark., man is seeking $20,000 from the city after his two teenage sons found a book on lesbian sex on a public library bookshelf.

He also wants the library director fired.

Earl Adams said his 14- and 16-year-old sons were "greatly disturbed" after finding the book, titled "The Whole Lesbian Sex Book." Adams said the book caused "many sleepless nights in our house."

Adams said the book is "patently offensive and lacks any artistic, literary or scientific value," according to a letter he faxed to Mayor Bob McCaslin. He said the teenagers found it while browsing for material on military academies.

Adams wants the city to pay $10,000 to each of his sons. That's the maximum allowed under the Arkansas obscenity law. However, the city's attorney dismissed Adams' claim as baseless. She said the book is not pornographic.

"There is not a valid legal concern here," Camille Thompson said. "In fact, (the request for money) made me question his motivation."

The library's advisory board voted earlier this month to remove the book from circulation. Board member George Spence said he found the book crude, but said it could be replaced with one taking a "more sensitive, more clinical approach."

In an e-mail Thursday, Adams said that "God was speaking to my heart that day and helped me find the words that proved successful in removing this book from the shelf."

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Did the library force them to read the book?

I am also a bit perplexed that the library decided to remove the book from the shelf. The title is very explinatory, if you aren't interested in the topic don't check the damn book out...
 
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Sleepless nights, eh?

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BuckeyeRyn;819856; said:
Did the library force them to read the book?

I am also a bit perplexed that the library decided to remove the book from the shelf. The title is very explinatory, if you aren't interested in the topic don't check the damn book out...
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Does it have pictures? :wink:
 
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"He said the teenagers found it while browsing for material on military academies."

Of course. I'm surprised this didn't happen before. The military acadamy books are always right next to the lesbian books. This could have happened to anybody. Because there is no way two teenage boys in a public library would ever do key word searches for "sex" or "lesbian". It just doesn't happen.
 
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Sounds as if the father had some sleepless nights too. He might have been angry at the overdue notice, or the fact that he couldn't return the book because of unspecified damage to certain pages.... :wink2:
 
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