At present, we are fighting the shameful banning of Luis Rodriguez's award-winning book, Always Running , in Rockford, Illinois . Please read about this incident and help us out. Please read this letter from Rockford School Board Member Ed Sharp. It provides a chilling insight into the mind of a censor. The Chilling Sex Panic Join the Call to Safeguard Our Children and Our Liberties .
Censorship maintains societal imbalances of power by restricting access to information.
People accept censorship out of fear, and our most potent fears are of unorthodox sexuality. Currently, our fears have evolved into a moral panic and an irrational belief in the near universality of sexual abuse, especially the sexual abuse of children. When such abuse actually occurs, it is horrible. No sane caring person disputes that. No Longer and Trauma and Recovery .