Protecting Our Children from Leftist Democrat Perverts and Pedophiles
Guest Column by E.T. Cooms
Like all sane citizens of West Virginia, I have been dismayed, disappointed, and outraged by the filth that perverted leftists push on our kids in public schools and libraries across the country. So, the question then becomes, “What do we have in the law here in WV to stop such nonsense in the Mountain State?” Turns out we do have laws against exposing minors to obscene and pornographic material. The follow on questions are, “Are we capable of using the law, and are we willing to use it?”
The applicable West Virginia State law is Chapter 61, Article 8.A PREPARATION, DISTRIBUTION OR EXHIBITION OF OBSCENE MATTER TO MINORS. (For the uninitiated, Chapter 61 of WV Code is “Crimes and their Punishment”.) There are 5 sections to WV Code Chapter 61, Article 8A:
§61-8A-1. Definitions.
§61-8A-2. Distribution and display to minor of obscene matter; penalties; defenses.
§61-8A-3. Exemptions from criminal liability.
§61-8A-4. Use of obscene matter with intent to seduce minor.
§61-8A-5. Employment or use of minor to produce obscene matter or assist in doing sexually explicit conduct; penalties.
I encourage you to use the link provided and see for yourself what recourse we, as citizens and parents, have with regards to freaks and perverts in our local and state government agencies pushing for exposing our children to this filth. To that end, we focus here on sections 1, 2, and 3. The intent here is provide a foundation for understanding the law and its application, so please bear with me.
Section 1: “Definitions”. There are many definitions under this section, but five key items should be considered:
(d) “Display” means to show, exhibit or expose matter, in a manner visible to general or invited public, including minors. As used in this article, display shall include the placing or exhibiting of matter on or in a billboard, viewing screen, theater, marquee, newsstand, display rack, window, showcase, display case or similar public place.
(h) “Knowledge of the character of the matter” means having awareness of or notice of the overall sexual content and character of matter as depicting, representing or describing obscene matter.
(I) “Matter” means any visual, audio, or physical item, article, production transmission, publication, exhibition, or live performance, or reproduction thereof, including any two- or three- dimensional visual or written material, film, picture, drawing, video, graphic, or computer generated or reproduced image; or any book, magazine, newspaper or other visual or written material; or any motion picture or other pictorial representation; or any statue or other figure; or any recording, transcription, or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction; or any other articles, video laser disc, computer hardware and software, or computer generated images or message recording, transcription, or object, or any public or commercial live exhibition performed for consideration or before an audience of one or more.
(j) “Minor” means an unemancipated person under eighteen years of age.
(k) “Obscene matter” means matter that:
(1) An average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest, is intended to appeal to the prurient interest, or is pandered to a prurient interest;
(2) An average person, applying community standards, would find depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexually explicit conduct; and
(3) A reasonable person would find, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
Section 2: “Distribution and display to minor of obscene matter; penalties; defenses”. This section describes the offense and penalties, but allows that reasonable efforts to prevent access of such material to minors is a defense against prosecution. The meat and potatoes of the section is in this text:
“Any adult, with knowledge of the character of the matter, who knowingly and intentionally distributes, offers to distribute, or displays to a minor any obscene matter, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000, or confined in a state correctional facility for not more than five years, or both.”
It would seem then that the law is straight forward and that any adult providing, or causing to be provided, such material to anyone not having reached 18 years of age is guilty of a felony, punishable by up to $25K in fines and/or 5 years in prison. Well, not so fast- let’s look at Section 3: Exemptions from Criminal Liability. Some exemptions include:
The criminal provisions of section two of this article do not apply to:
(a) A bona fide school, in the presentation of local or state approved curriculum;
(b) A public library, or museum, which is displaying or distributing any obscene matter to a minor only when the minor was accompanied by his or her parent;
The two places where we see this corruption of our children happening most frequently- schools and public libraries- have the first two exemptions. That’s quite a coincidence, eh? In the case of schools, it is the local or state school board that approves “curriculum.” If either of these entities decides that the “curriculum” should include obscene, sexually prurient, trans, or grooming material, then they have given everyone involved a “Get Out of Jail Free Card”.
In the case of public libraries, when a minor is accompanied by a parent, all the porno in the world may be provided to that minor without consequence. It’s against the law to bring minors into bars, strip joints, and liquor stores, though it should be merely a matter of common sense for a parent. However, we know that leftist parents are eager to turn their little boys into daughters and take them to Drag Queen Story Hour.
Chris Rose (Republican candidate for US Senate from WV) has called for the Governor to call a special session of the WV legislature to address this issue through House Bill 2923 and protect our kids from the perverted agenda of the Left by fixing the language in this law in Section 3. The bill text at this point improves the law by tightening up the language on schools and libraries:
(a) A bona fide school, in the presentation of local or state approved science or health curriculum related to biological lessons regarding reproduction;
(b) A public library, or Or a museum, which is displaying or distributing any obscene matter to a minor only when the minor was accompanied by his or her parent;
This helps by getting rid of the school board “Get Out of Jail Free Card”, and ensuring that administrators of public libraries can be held accountable for “Drag Queen Story Hours”. In the meantime, there are things that we as West Virginia citizens and parents should do:
1. Contact your delegate and state senator to pass this legislation.
2. Find out if your local elementary, middle, or high school has sexualized content in its library or classrooms.
3. If it exists in your county schools or library, contact your local sheriff and prosecutor to have charges filed under the existing law.
4. If it exists in your local schools, demand answers and action from your school board.
5. Reach out to your local Republican Party Committee to press for coordination and action. Contact your local Democrat Party committee as well. They won’t listen, but at least you can communicate to them that their party is evil for pushing this groomer/ trans agenda. Who knows? Maybe there is a “normal” Democrat out there somewhere who hasn’t been completely corrupted.
Bottom line, if you are counting on someone else to save your kids and grandkids from sexual grooming and the trans agenda, your kids and grandkids are doomed.
