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NJ School District Pulls Gay-Themed Books From Summer Reading List | A New Jersey school district has pulled several book that depict gay sex from its summer reading list and apologized to parents for assigning the reading. The books include: Norwegian Wood and Tweak (Growing up on Methamphetamines). “Some of the language is inappropriate,” said Chuck Earling, superintendent of Monroe Township Schools in Williamstown, N.J. “We were not trying to create controversy. We were just trying to get students to read.”

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