Minnesota Students Assigned Controversial Anti-Christian Novel Laden with Sexual Themes
April 21, 2022 | Minnesota
Students at Centennial High School in Circle Pines, Minn., are assigned to read “The Poet X,” a novel that has been banned in other districts which are concerned about its sexual content.
The Poet X is a collection of poems that tell the story of a young girl named Xiomara and “the conflict between Xiomara’s religion and the expression of her sexuality,” per Carnegie Mellon University’s Banned Books Project. This central theme is “explored in depth” throughout the work, the project reports.
In 2020, a pair of North Carolina parents sued to have The Poet X removed from their son’s charter school, contending that it violates the school’s duty to remain religiously neutral by arguing so fervently against Catholicism. Although unsuccessful, this suit ascended to the federal level and generated a broad debate about the educational value of the work.
At Centennial High School, this book constitutes one-fifth of the 10th-grade English curriculum, according to a syllabus obtained by Alpha News… (Excerpt from The Virginia Star)
