School Board Folds On Banning Porn In Schools After Threats From Teacher’s Union

A school board in New York has reversed course on its decision to ban a number of books containing pornographic content from the school’s library following pressure from a local teacher’s union.

An Aug. 9 vote of the Clyde-Savannah Board of Education removed the books “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” “Red Hood,” “People Kill People,” “Jesus Land; A Memoir” and “It Ends With Us” from the school library, following a complaint from a local father in the district. “All Boys Aren’t Blue” contains graphic depictions of sexual acts, including masturbation and anal sex, while other titles depict underage characters having sex and detailed descriptions of sex between adults.

The board voted 6-2 on Wednesday to reverse their previous decision, allowing the books back into the library. Jacob Marchitell, a father who filed the initial complaint regarding the books, told the Daily Caller he was worried the reversal would determine how local school board decisions were handled in the future.

“It sets a precedent where now, if this stays and no one else fights back, if no one else pushes back, the teachers union run by the state now has the power to step into every single school board election and threaten them with lawsuit if they don’t vote in accordance with how the Union wants them to vote,” Marchitell said. (RELATED: Democrat Activist Waves A Folding Chair Over Attendees At Heated School Board Meeting, Witnesses Say)