Conservative Muslims join forces with Christian right on Michigan book bans

This has nothing to do with Trump,' a parent says, as people pressure officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes

A recent school board meeting at which about 1,000 people gathered in Dearborn, Michigan, to pressure district officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes was in most ways similar to hundreds of other recent book ban hearings across the US.

Speakers alleged the books promote mental health issues" and self harm", while the school district and liberals were seeking to indoctrinate children". Gay people, they said, were creeps and pedohiles", and gay lifestyles were equated with zoophilia.