• Indiana leadership is once again refusing to pass legislation to safeguard children from obscene (pornographic) material being distributed in schools and libraries.

It's against the law, a felony, to distribute obscenity to minors in Indiana. If you gave certain books to minors 500 feet outside of a school or library to a minor, you could be prosecuted!

However, schools and public libraries are exempt from this law!!! The legislature created an "obscenity loophole" for government-run institutions, including public schools and libraries! As a result, obscene materials have been found in public schools and libraries across our state, readily available to minors! These materials include such content as graphic illustrations, descriptions of rape scenes, drug use, etc. via books like It's Perfectly Normal, Crank, Jesus Land, Gender Queer, etc.

Indiana's obscenity loophole has set a double standard which makes it legal for our government-funded institutions to allow access to sexually graphic books for minors. Purple for Parents of Indiana is once again attempting to have this exemption overturned. SB12 will do just that!

We are calling on House Education Chairman, Bob Behning, to give SB12 a hearing and a vote, and we are asking our Committee members to vote yes!

Our children deserve to be protected from the harms and addictions driven by the use of pornography!

Please sign our petition if you support fighting for our children by removing the "obscenity loophole" for schools and public libraries!