Speakers demand removal of 'pornographic' books from Fort Bend ISD libraries

A steady stream of speakers addressed the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees at its regular meeting Monday demanding that the district remove several books from district libraries that they said are pornographic in nature, reading excerpted long passages that contained explicit descriptions of sexual situations. Many of the speakers were from area churches who had been advised of the book excerpts through a social media campaign instigated in recent weeks by Position 7 Trustee David Hamilton, who serves as the board secretary. All of the excerpts come from the...