ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – It was a very tense night at the Albuquerque Public Schools board meeting. There were heated conversations inside, and protests outside.  We’re told members of the political group Moms for Liberty showed up to the meeting, demanding the district remove certain books from all APS campuses.  The books they want banned all deal with LGBTQ issues. Books weren’t even on the meeting agenda Wednesday night.  But that didn’t stop doz…

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Heated protests erupted outside of an Albuquerque Public Schools board meeting Wednesday evening. Social media posts from a local church and from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups spurred more than a hundred members of the community to show up in protest and to support a speaker that one board member called "problematic." 
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Community protests ignite heated debate over book bans at Albuquerque school board meeting

The topic of banning LGBTQ+ books wasn't on the APS board agenda, but a popular pastor's appearance drew people from both sides to Wednesday's public comment session.

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By Mo Charnot, City Desk ABQThe line to get into the Nov. 20 Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education meeting spilled out of the building and onto the sidewalk. Behind a table, protestors held signs, ranging from “Stop sexualizing kids! No R rated material! No Porn in Schools!” to “Honk to Protect Children from Groomers” and “Gender affirming care 4 minors is pure evil. — Musk.”Protests at the school board meeting, led largely by members of…

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