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| Subject | One simple ACTION item. Please help! |
| Date | December 13, 2024 1:02 PM |
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PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
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Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter=
to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualiz=
ing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing =
so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acte=
d on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restrain=
ts of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the =
short session sometimes just don=E2=80=99t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to p=
rotect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.=20
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonni=
e (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter=
the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, r=
epresenting all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at bonniergv@gmai=
l.com
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my=
name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: =
Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your orga=
nization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Proj=
ect.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
=20
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
=20
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservativ=
e representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your =
efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout=
Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library s=
helves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where=
my testimony was called =E2=80=9Cprofane=E2=80=9D. You said, =E2=80=9CIf a=
book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there=
is no reason for Texas children in school to be able to read it.=E2=80=9D =
Amen, Governor!!
=20
One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included=
in its legislative priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualizing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D =
requires significant changes to Texas=E2=80=99 indecency laws. Currently, C=
hapter 43 of Texas Penal Code allows for pornographic content to be in scho=
ols and libraries designated for children because of several loopholes, inc=
luding those in the definition of harmful materials and the affirmative def=
enses to displaying, distributing, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. T=
exas=E2=80=99 current definition of harmful materials allows pornography to=
be in a material as long as the theme as a whole does not meet prurient in=
terests and as long as it has literary or artistic value. Texas allows for =
affirmative defenses in 43.24, allowing educators and librarians to display=
, distribute, or sell pornography to children for educational reasons. Just=
this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep p=
orn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently =
provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
=20
It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out =
simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle=
inappropriate content. ISDs do not understand that TASB is not a governmen=
t agency and feel obligated to implement TASB=E2=80=99s misguided =E2=80=9C=
suggestions=E2=80=9D such as removing residents=E2=80=99 ability to challen=
ge material if they have no students in the district, leaving harmful books=
on shelves during the duration of the book challenge process and waiting t=
o audit their libraries until litigation concludes.
Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, =
is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are or=
ganizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school dis=
tricts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this=
material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing =
to address the problem.
=20
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualiz=
ation of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexually explicit and=
pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an=
Emergency Item of the Governor=E2=80=99s office so the legislature can imm=
ediately get to work to protect children.
=20
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
=20
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace =E2=80=93 Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
=20
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact fo=
r Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an e=
mail to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful leg=
islation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us =
in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
=20
PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
=20
Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter=
to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualiz=
ing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing =
so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acte=
d on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restrain=
ts of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the =
short session sometimes just don=E2=80=99t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to p=
rotect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.=20
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonni=
e (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter=
the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, r=
epresenting all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at bonniergv@gmai=
l.com
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my=
name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: =
Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your orga=
nization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Proj=
ect.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
=20
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
=20
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservativ=
e representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your =
efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout=
Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library s=
helves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where=
my testimony was called =E2=80=9Cprofane=E2=80=9D. You said, =E2=80=9CIf a=
book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there=
is no reason for Texas children in school to be able to read it.=E2=80=9D =
Amen, Governor!!
=20
One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included=
in its legislative priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualizing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D =
requires significant changes to Texas=E2=80=99 indecency laws. Currently, C=
hapter 43 of Texas Penal Code allows for pornographic content to be in scho=
ols and libraries designated for children because of several loopholes, inc=
luding those in the definition of harmful materials and the affirmative def=
enses to displaying, distributing, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. T=
exas=E2=80=99 current definition of harmful materials allows pornography to=
be in a material as long as the theme as a whole does not meet prurient in=
terests and as long as it has literary or artistic value. Texas allows for =
affirmative defenses in 43.24, allowing educators and librarians to display=
, distribute, or sell pornography to children for educational reasons. Just=
this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep p=
orn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently =
provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
=20
It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out =
simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle=
inappropriate content. ISDs do not understand that TASB is not a governmen=
t agency and feel obligated to implement TASB=E2=80=99s misguided =E2=80=9C=
suggestions=E2=80=9D such as removing residents=E2=80=99 ability to challen=
ge material if they have no students in the district, leaving harmful books=
on shelves during the duration of the book challenge process and waiting t=
o audit their libraries until litigation concludes.
Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, =
is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are or=
ganizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school dis=
tricts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this=
material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing =
to address the problem.
=20
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualiz=
ation of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexually explicit and=
pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an=
Emergency Item of the Governor=E2=80=99s office so the legislature can imm=
ediately get to work to protect children.
=20
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
=20
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace =E2=80=93 Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
=20
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact fo=
r Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an e=
mail to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful leg=
islation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us =
in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
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yle=3D"vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sa=
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<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family=
: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Marg=
in: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-botto=
m: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR =
ABBOTT</strong></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing align-center" style=3D"color: =
#3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding=
: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom=
: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>TO STOP SEXUALIZI=
NG TEXAS KIDS!</strong></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c41=
44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; =
margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; =
margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpac=
ing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font=
-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size=
: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Our fr=
iend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter to Go=
vernor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualizing Te=
xas Kids=E2=80=9D an <strong>emergency item</strong> for the 89<sup>th</sup=
> legislature.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doing so wou=
ld mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acted on p=
rior to the filing deadline of March 14.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" styl=
e=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: =
400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; l=
ine-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">We often see bi=
lls die in one place or another due to the calendar restraints of the syste=
m.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bills that can only be a=
cted on in the last half of the short session sometimes just don=E2=80=99t =
make it through the system.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #=
3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding:=
0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1=
.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Bonnie is a well-known grass=
roots activists who has spent years trying to protect kids by getting dirty=
books out of libraries. </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color=
: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; paddi=
ng: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height=
: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">If you agree that this is=
sue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonnie (and me) in adding your=
name to her letter.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She ho=
pes to send the letter the first week in January.<span style=3D"mso-spaceru=
n: yes;"> </span>She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, represe=
nting all 254 counties in Texas.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
ding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-heig=
ht: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Instructions:<span styl=
e=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to add your name, email =
Bonnie at <span class=3D"c4z29wjxl"><a title=3D"[email protected]" href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D=
"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; t=
ext-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">[email protected]</a></span></p>=20
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<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">Subject Line:<span style=
=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Letter to Governor Abbott</span></li>=
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e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">Body of Message:<span styl=
e=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>give your name, and your county.<spa=
n style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em>Example:<span style=3D"mso=
-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please add my name to your letter to the Gov=
ernor.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fran Rhodes, Tarrant=
County</em></span></li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">If you are a precinct chai=
r, include your precinct # and county.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">&n=
bsp; </span><em>Example:<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fr=
an Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.</em></span></li>=20
<li class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"display: list-item; lin=
e-height: 1.5em; Margin: 0; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0; word-bre=
ak: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; list-style: disc outside; mso-sp=
ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">If you are a leader of a g=
rassroots organization, you may include your organization name and title.<s=
pan style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em>Example:<span style=3D"m=
so-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Project=
.</em></span></li>=20
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#3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; paddin=
g: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-botto=
m: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl=
"><strong>THE LETTER:</strong><br></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=
=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 4=
00; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Ma=
rgin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span styl=
e=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Cali=
bri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;=
mso-ligatures: none;">January 2, 2025</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNorma=
l" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-w=
eight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: =
12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><s=
pan style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-fami=
ly: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerni=
ng: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal=
" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-we=
ight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 1=
2pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><sp=
an style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-famil=
y: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kernin=
g: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas</=
span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family:=
arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margi=
n: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom=
: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'T=
imes New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-=
latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1100 Cong=
ress Avenue</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; =
margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-fo=
nt-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme=
-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: non=
e;">Austin, Texas 78701</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
ding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bo=
ttom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"ms=
o-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; ms=
o-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-li=
gatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"colo=
r: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padd=
ing: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bot=
tom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso=
-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso=
-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-lig=
atures: none;">We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased=
in conservative representation over the last few years. We are also apprec=
iative of your efforts in governing our state.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"=
MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif=
; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; fon=
t-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;=
"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-f=
ont-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fo=
nt-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">We made progress in the 88th Legisla=
ture with HB900, yet schools throughout Texas are ignoring this law, and ve=
ry harmful content remains on library shelves. You re-tweeted a video of me=
reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where my testimony was called =E2=80=9Cpr=
ofane=E2=80=9D. You said, =E2=80=9CIf a book cannot be read out loud at a s=
chool board meeting in Texas then there is no reason for Texas children in =
school to be able to read it.=E2=80=9D Amen, Governor!!</span></em></p> <p =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,s=
ans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: =
left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height=
: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; m=
so-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: blac=
k; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sa=
ns-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: l=
eft; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height:=
normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ms=
o-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black=
; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">One solution that the Republ=
ican Party of Texas has identified and included in its legislative priority=
=E2=80=9CStop Sexualizing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D requires significant changes=
to Texas=E2=80=99 indecency laws. Currently, Chapter 43 of Texas Penal Cod=
e allows for pornographic content to be in schools and libraries designated=
for children because of several loopholes, including those in the definiti=
on of harmful materials and the affirmative defenses to displaying, distrib=
uting, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. Texas=E2=80=99 current defini=
tion of harmful materials allows pornography to be in a material as long as=
the theme as a whole does not meet prurient interests and as long as it ha=
s literary or artistic value. Texas allows for affirmative defenses in 43.2=
4, allowing educators and librarians to display, distribute, or sell pornog=
raphy to children for educational reasons. Just this year, Lovejoy ISD atto=
rneys argued the district has a right to keep porn on their library shelves=
because of the affirmative defenses currently provided in the Texas Penal =
Code. Texas must close these loopholes.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-=
weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size:=
12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><=
span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-fam=
ily: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kern=
ing: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNorma=
l" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-w=
eight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: =
12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><s=
pan style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-fami=
ly: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerni=
ng: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">It would also be helpful if you instructed C=
ommissioner Morath to send out simple bullet points advising ISDs of what t=
hey are allowed to do to battle inappropriate content. ISDs do not understa=
nd that TASB is not a government agency and feel obligated to implement TAS=
B=E2=80=99s misguided =E2=80=9Csuggestions=E2=80=9D such as removing reside=
nts=E2=80=99 ability to challenge material if they have no students in the =
district, leaving harmful books on shelves during the duration of the book =
challenge process and waiting to audit their libraries until litigation con=
cludes.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; marg=
in-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-f=
amily: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-fon=
t: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">=
Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, =
is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are or=
ganizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school dis=
tricts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this=
material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing =
to address the problem.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
ding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bo=
ttom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"ms=
o-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; ms=
o-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-li=
gatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"colo=
r: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padd=
ing: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bot=
tom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso=
-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso=
-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-lig=
atures: none;">We respectfully request that you designate legislation to st=
op the sexualization of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexual=
ly explicit and pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative =
Defenses, as an Emergency Item of the Governor=E2=80=99s office so the legi=
slature can immediately get to work to protect children.</span></em></p> <p=
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sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align:=
left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-heigh=
t: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: bla=
ck; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p =
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n style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All it takes is an email to Bo=
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PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acted on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restraints of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the short session sometimes just don’t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to protect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonnie (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, representing all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at [email protected]
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your organization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Project.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservative representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library shelves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where my testimony was called “profane”. You said, “If a book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there is no reason for Texas children in school to be able to read it.” Amen, Governor!!
One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included in its legislative priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” requires significant changes to Texas’ indecency laws. Currently, Chapter 43 of Texas Penal Code allows for pornographic content to be in schools and libraries designated for children because of several loopholes, including those in the definition of harmful materials and the affirmative defenses to displaying, distributing, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. Texas’ current definition of harmful materials allows pornography to be in a material as long as the theme as a whole does not meet prurient interests and as long as it has literary or artistic value. Texas allows for affirmative defenses in 43.24, allowing educators and librarians to display, distribute, or sell pornography to children for educational reasons. Just this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep porn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle inappropriate content. ISDs do not understand that TASB is not a government agency and feel obligated to implement TASB’s misguided “suggestions” such as removing residents’ ability to challenge material if they have no students in the district, leaving harmful books on shelves during the duration of the book challenge process and waiting to audit their libraries until litigation concludes.
Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are organizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school districts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing to address the problem.
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualization of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexually explicit and pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an Emergency Item of the Governor’s office so the legislature can immediately get to work to protect children.
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace – Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact for Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an email to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful legislation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acted on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restraints of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the short session sometimes just don’t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to protect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonnie (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, representing all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at [email protected]
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your organization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Project.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservative representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library shelves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where my testimony was called “profane”. You said, “If a book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there is no reason for Texas children in school to be able to read it.” Amen, Governor!!
One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included in its legislative priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” requires significant changes to Texas’ indecency laws. Currently, Chapter 43 of Texas Penal Code allows for pornographic content to be in schools and libraries designated for children because of several loopholes, including those in the definition of harmful materials and the affirmative defenses to displaying, distributing, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. Texas’ current definition of harmful materials allows pornography to be in a material as long as the theme as a whole does not meet prurient interests and as long as it has literary or artistic value. Texas allows for affirmative defenses in 43.24, allowing educators and librarians to display, distribute, or sell pornography to children for educational reasons. Just this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep porn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle inappropriate content. ISDs do not understand that TASB is not a government agency and feel obligated to implement TASB’s misguided “suggestions” such as removing residents’ ability to challenge material if they have no students in the district, leaving harmful books on shelves during the duration of the book challenge process and waiting to audit their libraries until litigation concludes.
Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are organizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school districts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing to address the problem.
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualization of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexually explicit and pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an Emergency Item of the Governor’s office so the legislature can immediately get to work to protect children.
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace – Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact for Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an email to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful legislation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
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PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
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Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter=
to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualiz=
ing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing =
so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acte=
d on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restrain=
ts of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the =
short session sometimes just don=E2=80=99t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to p=
rotect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.=20
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonni=
e (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter=
the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, r=
epresenting all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at bonniergv@gmai=
l.com
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my=
name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: =
Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your orga=
nization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Proj=
ect.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
=20
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
=20
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservativ=
e representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your =
efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout=
Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library s=
helves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where=
my testimony was called =E2=80=9Cprofane=E2=80=9D. You said, =E2=80=9CIf a=
book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there=
is no reason for Texas children in school to be able to read it.=E2=80=9D =
Amen, Governor!!
=20
One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included=
in its legislative priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualizing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D =
requires significant changes to Texas=E2=80=99 indecency laws. Currently, C=
hapter 43 of Texas Penal Code allows for pornographic content to be in scho=
ols and libraries designated for children because of several loopholes, inc=
luding those in the definition of harmful materials and the affirmative def=
enses to displaying, distributing, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. T=
exas=E2=80=99 current definition of harmful materials allows pornography to=
be in a material as long as the theme as a whole does not meet prurient in=
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affirmative defenses in 43.24, allowing educators and librarians to display=
, distribute, or sell pornography to children for educational reasons. Just=
this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep p=
orn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently =
provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
=20
It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out =
simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle=
inappropriate content. ISDs do not understand that TASB is not a governmen=
t agency and feel obligated to implement TASB=E2=80=99s misguided =E2=80=9C=
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on shelves during the duration of the book challenge process and waiting t=
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Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, =
is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are or=
ganizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school dis=
tricts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this=
material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing =
to address the problem.
=20
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualiz=
ation of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexually explicit and=
pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an=
Emergency Item of the Governor=E2=80=99s office so the legislature can imm=
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=20
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
=20
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace =E2=80=93 Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
=20
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact fo=
r Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an e=
mail to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful leg=
islation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us =
in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
=20
PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
=20
Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter=
to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualiz=
ing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing =
so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acte=
d on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restrain=
ts of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the =
short session sometimes just don=E2=80=99t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to p=
rotect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.=20
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonni=
e (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter=
the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, r=
epresenting all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at bonniergv@gmai=
l.com
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my=
name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: =
Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your orga=
nization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Proj=
ect.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
=20
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
=20
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservativ=
e representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your =
efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout=
Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library s=
helves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where=
my testimony was called =E2=80=9Cprofane=E2=80=9D. You said, =E2=80=9CIf a=
book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there=
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Amen, Governor!!
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One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included=
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requires significant changes to Texas=E2=80=99 indecency laws. Currently, C=
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this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep p=
orn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently =
provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
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It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out =
simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle=
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material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing =
to address the problem.
=20
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualiz=
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pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an=
Emergency Item of the Governor=E2=80=99s office so the legislature can imm=
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=20
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
=20
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace =E2=80=93 Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
=20
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact fo=
r Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an e=
mail to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful leg=
islation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us =
in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
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Can you help?
We are 100% donation-based.
Click here to donate to our movement. =20
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<p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family=
: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Marg=
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m: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR =
ABBOTT</strong></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing align-center" style=3D"color: =
#3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding=
: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom=
: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>TO STOP SEXUALIZI=
NG TEXAS KIDS!</strong></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #3c41=
44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; =
margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; =
margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpac=
ing" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font=
-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size=
: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Our fr=
iend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter to Go=
vernor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority =E2=80=9CStop Sexualizing Te=
xas Kids=E2=80=9D an <strong>emergency item</strong> for the 89<sup>th</sup=
> legislature.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doing so wou=
ld mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acted on p=
rior to the filing deadline of March 14.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" styl=
e=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: =
400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; l=
ine-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">We often see bi=
lls die in one place or another due to the calendar restraints of the syste=
m.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bills that can only be a=
cted on in the last half of the short session sometimes just don=E2=80=99t =
make it through the system.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color: #=
3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding:=
0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1=
.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Bonnie is a well-known grass=
roots activists who has spent years trying to protect kids by getting dirty=
books out of libraries. </p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"color=
: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; paddi=
ng: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height=
: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">If you agree that this is=
sue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonnie (and me) in adding your=
name to her letter.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She ho=
pes to send the letter the first week in January.<span style=3D"mso-spaceru=
n: yes;"> </span>She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, represe=
nting all 254 counties in Texas.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
ding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-heig=
ht: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Instructions:<span styl=
e=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to add your name, email =
Bonnie at <span class=3D"c4z29wjxl"><a title=3D"[email protected]" href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D=
"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; t=
ext-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">[email protected]</a></span></p>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">Subject Line:<span style=
=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Letter to Governor Abbott</span></li>=
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ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">Body of Message:<span styl=
e=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>give your name, and your county.<spa=
n style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em>Example:<span style=3D"mso=
-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please add my name to your letter to the Gov=
ernor.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fran Rhodes, Tarrant=
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ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">If you are a precinct chai=
r, include your precinct # and county.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">&n=
bsp; </span><em>Example:<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fr=
an Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.</em></span></li>=20
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ecial-format: bullet;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl">If you are a leader of a g=
rassroots organization, you may include your organization name and title.<s=
pan style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em>Example:<span style=3D"m=
so-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Project=
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#3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; paddin=
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m: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span class=3D"c4z29wjxl=
"><strong>THE LETTER:</strong><br></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=
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00; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Ma=
rgin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span styl=
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bri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;=
mso-ligatures: none;">January 2, 2025</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNorma=
l" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-w=
eight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: =
12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><s=
pan style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-fami=
ly: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerni=
ng: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal=
" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-we=
ight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 1=
2pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><sp=
an style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-famil=
y: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kernin=
g: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas</=
span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family:=
arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margi=
n: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom=
: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'T=
imes New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-=
latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1100 Cong=
ress Avenue</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; =
margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-fo=
nt-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme=
-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: non=
e;">Austin, Texas 78701</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
ding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bo=
ttom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"ms=
o-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; ms=
o-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-li=
gatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"colo=
r: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padd=
ing: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bot=
tom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso=
-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso=
-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-lig=
atures: none;">We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased=
in conservative representation over the last few years. We are also apprec=
iative of your efforts in governing our state.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"=
MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif=
; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; fon=
t-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;=
"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-f=
ont-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fo=
nt-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">We made progress in the 88th Legisla=
ture with HB900, yet schools throughout Texas are ignoring this law, and ve=
ry harmful content remains on library shelves. You re-tweeted a video of me=
reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where my testimony was called =E2=80=9Cpr=
ofane=E2=80=9D. You said, =E2=80=9CIf a book cannot be read out loud at a s=
chool board meeting in Texas then there is no reason for Texas children in =
school to be able to read it.=E2=80=9D Amen, Governor!!</span></em></p> <p =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,s=
ans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: =
left; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height=
: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; m=
so-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: blac=
k; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sa=
ns-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: l=
eft; font-size: 12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height:=
normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ms=
o-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black=
; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">One solution that the Republ=
ican Party of Texas has identified and included in its legislative priority=
=E2=80=9CStop Sexualizing Texas Kids=E2=80=9D requires significant changes=
to Texas=E2=80=99 indecency laws. Currently, Chapter 43 of Texas Penal Cod=
e allows for pornographic content to be in schools and libraries designated=
for children because of several loopholes, including those in the definiti=
on of harmful materials and the affirmative defenses to displaying, distrib=
uting, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. Texas=E2=80=99 current defini=
tion of harmful materials allows pornography to be in a material as long as=
the theme as a whole does not meet prurient interests and as long as it ha=
s literary or artistic value. Texas allows for affirmative defenses in 43.2=
4, allowing educators and librarians to display, distribute, or sell pornog=
raphy to children for educational reasons. Just this year, Lovejoy ISD atto=
rneys argued the district has a right to keep porn on their library shelves=
because of the affirmative defenses currently provided in the Texas Penal =
Code. Texas must close these loopholes.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-=
weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size:=
12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><=
span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-fam=
ily: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kern=
ing: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNorma=
l" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-w=
eight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: =
12pt; Margin-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><s=
pan style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-fami=
ly: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerni=
ng: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">It would also be helpful if you instructed C=
ommissioner Morath to send out simple bullet points advising ISDs of what t=
hey are allowed to do to battle inappropriate content. ISDs do not understa=
nd that TASB is not a government agency and feel obligated to implement TAS=
B=E2=80=99s misguided =E2=80=9Csuggestions=E2=80=9D such as removing reside=
nts=E2=80=99 ability to challenge material if they have no students in the =
district, leaving harmful books on shelves during the duration of the book =
challenge process and waiting to audit their libraries until litigation con=
cludes.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
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Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, =
is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are or=
ganizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school dis=
tricts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this=
material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing =
to address the problem.</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
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gatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"colo=
r: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padd=
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tom: 10px; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><em><span style=3D"mso=
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-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-lig=
atures: none;">We respectfully request that you designate legislation to st=
op the sexualization of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexual=
ly explicit and pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative =
Defenses, as an Emergency Item of the Governor=E2=80=99s office so the legi=
slature can immediately get to work to protect children.</span></em></p> <p=
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ck; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></em></p> <p =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,s=
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so-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: blac=
k; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The state has a compelling =
interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!</span></em></p> <p class=3D"M=
soNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;=
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t-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font=
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di-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; ms=
o-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bonnie N Wallace =E2=80=93 Llano=
County</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
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cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas</span></em></p> <p class=3D"M=
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ont-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-fo=
nt-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General I=
ncoming Texas 89th Legislature</span></em></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" st=
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mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This is a simple and quick ac=
tion item that can have wide ranging impact for Texas kids and Texas famili=
es.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please participate!<spa=
n style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All it takes is an email to Bo=
nnie with your name and county.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </=
span>Everyone can do that.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNoSpacing" style=3D"co=
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es: none;">TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass mea=
ningful legislation that will protect the children of Texas.<span style=3D"=
mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you will join us in that effort.</=
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PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acted on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restraints of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the short session sometimes just don’t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to protect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonnie (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, representing all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at [email protected]
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your organization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Project.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservative representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library shelves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where my testimony was called “profane”. You said, “If a book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there is no reason for Texas children in school to be able to read it.” Amen, Governor!!
One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included in its legislative priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” requires significant changes to Texas’ indecency laws. Currently, Chapter 43 of Texas Penal Code allows for pornographic content to be in schools and libraries designated for children because of several loopholes, including those in the definition of harmful materials and the affirmative defenses to displaying, distributing, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. Texas’ current definition of harmful materials allows pornography to be in a material as long as the theme as a whole does not meet prurient interests and as long as it has literary or artistic value. Texas allows for affirmative defenses in 43.24, allowing educators and librarians to display, distribute, or sell pornography to children for educational reasons. Just this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep porn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle inappropriate content. ISDs do not understand that TASB is not a government agency and feel obligated to implement TASB’s misguided “suggestions” such as removing residents’ ability to challenge material if they have no students in the district, leaving harmful books on shelves during the duration of the book challenge process and waiting to audit their libraries until litigation concludes.
Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are organizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school districts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing to address the problem.
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualization of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexually explicit and pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an Emergency Item of the Governor’s office so the legislature can immediately get to work to protect children.
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace – Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact for Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an email to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful legislation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
PLEASE SIGN ON TO LETTER TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT
TO STOP SEXUALIZING TEXAS KIDS!
Our friend, Bonnie Wallace, from Llano is collecting signatures on a letter to Governor Abbott, asking him to make RPT priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” an emergency item for the 89th legislature. Doing so would mean that bills pertaining to this subject could be heard and acted on prior to the filing deadline of March 14.
We often see bills die in one place or another due to the calendar restraints of the system. Bills that can only be acted on in the last half of the short session sometimes just don’t make it through the system.
Bonnie is a well-known grassroots activists who has spent years trying to protect kids by getting dirty books out of libraries.
If you agree that this issue is a top priority for Texas, please join Bonnie (and me) in adding your name to her letter. She hopes to send the letter the first week in January. She would like to collect 10,000 signatures, representing all 254 counties in Texas.
Instructions: If you want to add your name, email Bonnie at [email protected]
Subject Line: Letter to Governor Abbott
Body of Message: give your name, and your county. Example: Please add my name to your letter to the Governor. Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County
If you are a precinct chair, include your precinct # and county. Example: Fran Rhodes, Tarrant County #3647.
If you are a leader of a grassroots organization, you may include your organization name and title. Example: Fran Rhodes, President, True Texas Project.
THE LETTER:
January 2, 2025
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
We are so grateful that Texas has remained red and increased in conservative representation over the last few years. We are also appreciative of your efforts in governing our state.
We made progress in the 88th Legislature with HB900, yet schools throughout Texas are ignoring this law, and very harmful content remains on library shelves. You re-tweeted a video of me reading porn to Brownsville ISD, where my testimony was called “profane”. You said, “If a book cannot be read out loud at a school board meeting in Texas then there is no reason for Texas children in school to be able to read it.” Amen, Governor!!
One solution that the Republican Party of Texas has identified and included in its legislative priority “Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids” requires significant changes to Texas’ indecency laws. Currently, Chapter 43 of Texas Penal Code allows for pornographic content to be in schools and libraries designated for children because of several loopholes, including those in the definition of harmful materials and the affirmative defenses to displaying, distributing, or selling harmful materials in 43.24. Texas’ current definition of harmful materials allows pornography to be in a material as long as the theme as a whole does not meet prurient interests and as long as it has literary or artistic value. Texas allows for affirmative defenses in 43.24, allowing educators and librarians to display, distribute, or sell pornography to children for educational reasons. Just this year, Lovejoy ISD attorneys argued the district has a right to keep porn on their library shelves because of the affirmative defenses currently provided in the Texas Penal Code. Texas must close these loopholes.
It would also be helpful if you instructed Commissioner Morath to send out simple bullet points advising ISDs of what they are allowed to do to battle inappropriate content. ISDs do not understand that TASB is not a government agency and feel obligated to implement TASB’s misguided “suggestions” such as removing residents’ ability to challenge material if they have no students in the district, leaving harmful books on shelves during the duration of the book challenge process and waiting to audit their libraries until litigation concludes.
Each of the (number) signers of this letter, from (number) Texas counties, is currently fighting to eliminate this filth in our communities. We are organizing and coordinating efforts to protect children within our school districts, cities, and counties, but legislative solutions that eliminate this material in every library in Texas are needed, as local policy is failing to address the problem.
We respectfully request that you designate legislation to stop the sexualization of Texas children, including ridding schools of sexually explicit and pervasively vulgar materials and repealing the Affirmative Defenses, as an Emergency Item of the Governor’s office so the legislature can immediately get to work to protect children.
The state has a compelling interest to intervene and protect Texas kids!
Respectfully,
Bonnie N Wallace – Llano County
cc: Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General Incoming Texas 89th Legislature
This is a simple and quick action item that can have wide ranging impact for Texas kids and Texas families. Please participate! All it takes is an email to Bonnie with your name and county. Everyone can do that.
TTP will be working with Bonnie and others next year to pass meaningful legislation that will protect the children of Texas. I hope you will join us in that effort.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
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