candidate in West Des Moines, Iowa, was part of group that wanted criminal charges brought against the local school district for “pornography” over two LGBTQ library books.
“Since the District perceives that it is not accountable to the parents and families it is meant to serve; our expectation is that your office will hold the School District accountable for complying with the laws of our state,” the letter continues. “ believed the book to be pornographic and sexually explicit and felt law enforcement should investigate if the district had violated Iowa law related to distributing obscene material,” the newspaper reported.
“A police report was not filed as we had learned from another parent that the police declined to take action when they tried to file a report about this issue,” one of the signatories replied.