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"Water For Elephants" becomes the 18th book banned from Utah schools.

Smarter heads than yours have determined that books will turn you gay or trans or maybe even promiscuous.

Miss: Reading Minds Hello students. Hello especially to you students who only read on your phones and wouldn't know what a book is anyway. Your parents will be delighted to know that there are now 18 books you must not and cannot read—in school at least. Smarter heads than yours have determined that books will turn you gay or trans or maybe even promiscuous.

And frankly, it's mostly books written by women—women who should be staying home and baking bread and changing diapers.

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