Tommy Altman, an Air Force veteran running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Virginia’s 2nd district, recently filed a lawsuit over a sexually explicit book that has made its way into some Virginia public schools.
Altman believes that parents have the right to decide if their child views a book that is sexually explicit and that schools should be required to get parental consent before giving such books to students.
“So, I’m suing the publisher, the authors, because it’s obscene. And so, with that comes a restraining order against the local Barnes and Noble not to distribute,” Altman told NTD Capitol Report during a recent interview. “And the reason we’re doing this is because I believe that parents have a right to get parental consent if their child is going to use sexually explicit materials.”…