{"id":94723,"date":"2019-08-30T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T22:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/school-principal-who-fought-to-ban-books-over-homosexual-content-arrested-for-lewd-photos-of-children\/"},"modified":"2019-08-30T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T22:25:24","slug":"school-principal-who-fought-to-ban-books-over-homosexual-content-arrested-for-lewd-photos-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/school-principal-who-fought-to-ban-books-over-homosexual-content-arrested-for-lewd-photos-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"School Principal Who Fought to Ban Books Over \u2018Homosexual Content\u2019 Arrested for Lewd Photos of Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

School Principal Who Fought to Ban Books Over \u2018Homosexual Content\u2019 Arrested for Lewd Photos of Children<\/b><\/p>\n

Philip Todd Wilson \/ Clark County Detention Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philip Todd Wilson, a former Kentucky school principal who ten years ago fought to ban books said to include \u201chomosexual content\u201d has been arrested and charged on 30 offenses related to possession and distribution of sickening photos of children.<\/p>\n

The Winchester Sun<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u2018According to Wilson\u2019s arrest citation, state troopers in Richmond received a complaint Tuesday morning that Wilson possessed \u201cexplicit child p*rn*graphy\u201d and had distributed it to another individual. KSP Detective Austin Brashear said in the citation that he interviewed Wilson and found approximately 15 images, and that he had distributed them within Clark County. \u2026 Wednesday morning, Clark District Judge Cole Adams Maier entered an automatic not guilty plea for Wilson, because the charges are all felonies. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 4. Maier appointed a public defender for Wilson, but left his $25,000 cash bond unchanged, including conditions that he have no contact with minor children or any Clark County schools.\u2019<\/p>\n

In 2009, Wilson campaigned to ban several books including Twisted<\/em> by Laurie Halse Anderson, Deadline<\/em> by Chris Crutcher, Lessons from a Dead Girl<\/em> by Jo Knowles, and Unwind<\/em> by Neal Shusterman.<\/p>\n

According to one report from 2009<\/a>, \u201cThe novels apparently portray teenagers<\/a> who are struggling with dysfunctional families, sexual desire and thoughts of suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Courier-Journal<\/em> reports<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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\u2018The\u00a0Lexington Herald-Leader reported\u00a0at the time\u00a0<\/a>that some parents complained the novels \u201ccontain foul language and cover topics \u2014 including sex<\/a>, child abuse, suicide and drug abuse \u2014 unsuited for discussion in coed high school classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Risha Mullins, the teacher who had the books in her classroom, would later write in a\u00a0blog post that a parent of a student who chose to read \u201cLessons from a Dead Girl\u201d emailed her along with Wilson,\u00a0the superintendent and\u00a0school board members and claimed she\u00a0taught \u201csoft pornography.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson and Montgomery County High School administrators eventually decided to pull the books in question from Mullins\u2019 classroom, the teacher\u00a0wrote in a\u00a0post that was later deleted but archived in part by\u00a0a\u00a0blog dedicated to censorship issues.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mullins wrote that several letters to the editor in the community newspaper targeted her in the weeks following the book ban and that colleagues stopped talking to her.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of the authors, Jo Knowles, spoke out on Facebook following Wilson\u2019s arrest: \u2018The principal of the Kentucky high school who fought to ban my book, LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL (for \u201chomosexual and other inappropriate content\u201d) along w\/ bks by Laurie Halse Anderson, Chris Crutcher & Neal Schusterman was just arrested on child p*rn*graphy charges (possession and distribution). He\u2019s charged with fifteen counts of distribution of matter portraying sexual performance by a minor, and fifteen counts of possessing matter portraying sexual performance by a minor.\u00a0 I was a very new author at the time all this happened and the press coverage was overwhelming. I was horrified by the accusations he and the superintendent made. And heartbroken for the brave teacher,\u00a0Risha Allen Mullins<\/a>\u00a0who stood up for our books and faced so much unfair criticism.\u00a0
I am having a lot of feelings right now. As I said to some friends last night when I got the news, \u201cYou can\u2019t make this shit up.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n

Anderson spoke out as well: \u201cA man<\/a> tried to ban Speak from school & public libraries in 2009 cuz it was \u201cpornographic.\u201d I wrote an op-ed in his newspaper & said anyone who finds the rape of a 14-year-old sexually exciting has serious problems. Poisonous leaders use their power to protect their evil.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A man<\/a> tried to ban Speak from school & public libraries in 2009 cuz it was “pornographic.” I wrote an op-ed in his newspaper & said anyone who finds the rape of a 14-year-old sexually exciting has serious problems.<\/p>\n

Poisonous leaders use their power to protect their evil.@OIF<\/a> t.co\/4GwT2S5lJ1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Laurie Halse Anderson (@halseanderson) August 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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