[CALIBK12] Twilight

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I haven't read the Twilight series but I feel the need to respond to the question regarding the Mormon Church. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon is a nickname) for 40 years, I have never heard a book banned by the Church. We are encouraged to read uplifting materials and given the guideline to refrain from viewing R-rated movies. The Church encourages us to make our own decisions regarding what is uplifting in books, movies and music. My neices, who are also Mormons, love the Twilight series.
Dana Stemig
LMT Modesto City Schools District
Modesto CA
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Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Twilight

I am a LMT at a high school, and I have read all four books in the series and enjoyed them.  My copies are flying off my shelves.  When people talk about banning the books, I would remind them that these books are written by woman whose religion is Mormon. Has the Mormon church ban these writings?  Leave it to a CAPO to ban a book without a credential librarian to guide them on policy. 
---- Richard Moore <richardguy at aol.com> wrote: 
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> School district briefly bans vampire book from middle schools
> http://www.ocregister.com/articles/books-school-series-2175239-district-library
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>  While nearly all the online comments are about the content of the books, which many haven't read, the real story here is the fiasco in CAPO, where LMTs no longer are employed.
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> With 52 schools and 50,000 students, Capistrano thumbs its nose at WASC, state law and the CDE by employing exactly zero credentialed librarians. This would shut the district down in many states, but this is California where we reward "loco control" with honors and awards.
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> Thus an employee at the palatial administrative offices ($34 million) decides to ban the books and sends an email.? One of the clerks out there in the schools says, Huh? Don't we have a "procedure" for that? And the books get unbanned, with no comment on what might be next.
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> BTW -- That $34 million would have put an LMT in every CAPO school for six and a half years.....
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> Welcome to The OC.
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> If you dare to question my credentials for remarking on this issue, remember I was LMT at Torrance High for 18 years, where Buffy was filmed.? I am, in fact, Giles.....;-)
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> ?Richard K. Moore, True Blood fan
> Huntington Beach, CA
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