well, then I guess the ultimate question is what material is often censored. I agree that folks shouldn't be getting their sexual kicks in the public library, but historically, those aren't the books that are most often challenged.
Here are a couple lists for you to consider: all of these are compiled by the American Library Association:
Most frequently challenged books of 2007
1. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group
2. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence
3. Olives Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language
4. The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Reasons: Racism
6. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language,
7. TTYL, by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Reasons: Sexually Explicit
9. Its Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit
10. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
Most frequently challenged books of the 21st Century
[SIZE=-1]1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]2. "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]3. Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]4. "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]5. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]6. "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]7. "It's Perfectly Normal" by Robie Harris[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]8. Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]9. Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]10. "Forever" by Judy Blume[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]THe most frequently challenged books of the 1990's [/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Daddys Roommate by Michael Willhoite[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Forever by Judy Blume[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The Giver by Lois Lowry[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Its Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The Color Purple by Alice Walker[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Sex by Madonna[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Earths Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The Witches by Roald Dahl[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LEngle[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=-1]Go Ask Alice by Anonymous[/SIZE]