"I don't want my kids having anal sex. I want you to start focusing on education and not public health."
Eventually her microphone is muted and her time at the podium is cut short.
Out of Darkness was written by Ashley Hope Perez and published in 2015. The young adult novel tells the story of a love affair between a teenage Mexican American girl and an African-American boy in 1930s Texas, against the backdrop of the 1937 New London School explosion, a tragedy which killed more than 295 students and teachers.
You can see the full tirade below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFuR2uCbxkA
She got what she wanted as well, with the board later confirming that the book had been removed from the libraries of two middle schools under its control.
A spokesperson for the district told local news outlet
KXAN: "A district possesses significant discretion to determine the content of its school libraries.
"A district must, however, exercise its discretion in a manner consistent with the First Amendment.
"A district shall not remove materials from a library for the purpose of denying students access to ideas with which the district disagrees.
"A district may remove materials, because they are pervasively vulgar or based solely upon the educational suitability of the books in question."
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