Change.org - Romeo and Juliet banned for "sexually explicit content?"

Many school boards across the nation are taking extreme measures to limit access to certain books. The latest city to grapple with this form of censorship is Spotsylvania, VA. The Spotsylvania School Board unanimously voted to remove books containing “sexually explicit” content. But now, thousands have signed this petition to reverse the ban. Petition starter Autumn is a passionate high school student who believes that education should be inclusive and limitless. Add your name to urge the school board to reverse their decision. Reverse the Spotsy schoolboard’s vote to censor our books! 6,959 have signed Autumn Rhea’s petition. Let’s get to 7,500!

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The Spotsylvania County school board has voted to remove any content containing, mentioning, or about "sexually related content" and this has now included violence-related content as well. This criteria might take half or more of all our books off shelves in our libraries. This includes classics like Romeo and Juliet, No Exit, Mythology texts, and even the famous author Margaret Atwood.  "My grandmother emmigrated from Nazi Germany to America to get away from a censored education, so that her and her grandchildren could have an honest, real, UNCENSORED education," says fellow student at Riverbend High School. Please do not allow our education to be censored and banned. This is not Fahrenheit 451 (another book that will be censored or banned), as 2 members of the schoolboard have mentioned "burning our books". We are not wanting to repeat history as the nazis burned books, or wanting to create a dystopian world, both shunned and rejected by society. We have been brought up hating nazis, rightly so, let us not fall back and follow in their footsteps.  Please, please, please, I beg you, sign this petition and save our education, and the education for the generations to come.

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