My First Protest
I've written a short story. I'm calling this "fiction" because I'm not clear on all the factual details, but I can tell you that this is based on real events that took place in the mid Seventies. Let me know what you think! MY FIRST PROTEST My parents took me to my first protest when I was ten years old. A local minister had taken it upon himself to rid this world of the scourge that was pornography and occultism. He declared that his church was planning a public book burning, to be held on the downtown square during a wintery Saturday afternoon. He was even kind enough to provide a few titles that would be included in this book burning. Of course, there were the usual suspects – “Playboy” magazines, “The Satanic Bible,” a couple other questionable titles. But the ones that stood out to me as a child were “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “A Wrinkle In Time.” I was pretty confused by that. “A Wrinkle In Time” was my absolute favorite book at that time, and