California School Board Faces Backlash for Blocking LGBT Book
A school board in Southern California is facing backlash for blocking a new social studies textbook containing “LGBT issues.”
The president of the Temecula Valley School Board ,Dr. Joseph Komrosky, called gay rights activist Harvey Milk a “pedophile” during a school board meeting last month.
“My question is, why even mention a pedophile?” asked Komrosky, making an unfounded accusation before the vote.
Komrosky objected to an elementary social science curriculum that included Milk, who is the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.
When meeting attendees protested that Milk was not a pedophile, Komrosky responded: “I beg to differ.”…