On Wednesday, Karl Frisch, a Democratic member of the Fairfax County Faculty Board, was sworn in for his second time period not on a Bible, however on a stack of banned LGBTQ youngsters’s books.
This unconventional alternative by Frisch has obtained criticism for making an attempt to normalize unacceptable conduct, which signifies ethical decay.
Frisch, who’s the Vice Chair of the Board and soon-to-be Chair, is each the primary LGBTQ+ particular person elected to native workplace in Fairfax County—Virginia’s largest—and one of many few brazenly LGBTQ+ college board members throughout the Commonwealth, in response to Blue Virginia.
He gained his re-election by greater than 30 factors and obtained a bigger share of the vote (67%) than in 2019.
“Fairfax County residents need protected and inclusive faculties with distinctive, well-compensated educators and equitable entry to the rigorous educational and enrichment alternatives each scholar must succeed,” stated Vice Chair Frisch. “
“I’m grateful for the belief Windfall District households have positioned in me, and with tonight’s Oath, I decide to standing sturdy for these values and advancing these priorities with my new and returning colleagues.”
Nevertheless, his latest motion through the oath-taking ceremony displays a regarding shift in societal norms. Using banned LGBTQ books, which incorporates pornography, as a substitute of a Bible, undermines the sanctity historically related to the swearing-in course of and represents an affront to historic values.
The books chosen for Frisch’s swearing-in ceremony embrace titles akin to “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “Garden Boy,” “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” “Gender Queer,” and “Flamer.” These books, which have been topic to bans in varied districts, had been chosen by Frisch.
In line with a report by Blue Virginia, Fairfax County Faculty Board members got the freedom to decide on any e-book for his or her swearing-in, with no particular instruction to deliver a non secular textual content.
“I’m advised that Fairfax County Faculty Board members introduced no matter books they wished to their swearing-in, had been NOT advised particularly to deliver a non secular e-book and had been NOT supplied one. Apparently, just one or two members had been sworn in on a Bible, whereas some weren’t sworn in on any e-book in any respect,” the information outlet reported.
The picture beneath is a panel from the children’ e-book Gender Queer.
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JUST IN: Fairfax County college board member Karl Frisch is sworn in on a stack of books titled: Gender Queer, All Boys Arent Blue, Flamer, and others depicting the homosexual, sexualization of kids..
IS THIS WHO WE WANT MAKING DECISIONS ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN?
Considered one of… pic.twitter.com/kZdgc9louS
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) December 15, 2023
Fischer was not the one particular person to take part on this outrageous swearing-in methodology. Karen Smith, lately appointed because the Central Bucks college board president in Pennsylvania, additionally took her oath of workplace on Monday, selecting a stack of banned youngsters’s books as a substitute of the standard Bible.
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Karen Smith, the brand new Central Bucks college board president in Pennsylvania, was sworn in Monday not on a Bible — however on a stack of incessantly banned books. pic.twitter.com/RR6QPb5Hxa
— The Recount (@therecount) December 6, 2023