This is based on IRL events surrounding the IRL Netflix gay romance series Heartstopper, which released back in April this year.
Credits to Likhinia for providing the basis of the second option and outcome's second drafts, and Trotterdam, Verdant Haven, and Tinhampton for providing very helpful suggestions!
[Validity] Only valid for nations with at least average religiousness and without the state press, atheism, or heterosexuality policies
[Description] With the introduction of the gay romance graphic novel series Heartpounder, the latest in an extensive trend of LGBTQ+ fictional works, into @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ school libraries, religious parents have publicly expressed their complaints about exposing children to homosexual relationships - Heartpounder in particular contains frequent same-sex kissing scenes and touches upon other LGBTQ+-related topics. These complaints have reached your office in the form of protests.
[Option 1] “Homosexuality? In our schools!?” yells prominent religious radio host @@RANDOMNAME@@, slamming a religious text onto your desk. “This is an insidious breach of morality and a horrid attempt at brainwashing out children! Before you know it, our children will be making love with ducks, family members, or - even worse - little children! I say we ban not only Heartpounder, but also every book like it from out nation and ensure that children are exposed to only wholesome relationships between men and women, just as the higher powers intend it to be!"
[Outcome 1] smoke covers the skies of @@NATION@@ as moralists burn gay romance books on the streets
[Option 2] Your Minister of Public Affairs, whom religious protesters have pinned against your wall, begins reading from a brochure one of the protestors slammed into his face in an attempt to appease them. "Uh-that's far from enough to protect @@NATION@@! Um... in order the prevent such, uh terrible immorality from reaching the--OW!--people of our glorious @@NATION@@, the state must, um... control ALL literature and media! That way--ouch!--we can not only ensure that only good morals are taught to our citizens, but also manufacture a patriotic force stronger than diamond! Yeah! Our nation shall rise! @@MOTTO@@!"
[Outcome 2] trash bins must be emptied of 'unpatriotic nonsense' every week
[Option 3] “You homophobes are all insane! What do you all have against Nate and Christian!?” Heartpounder author Olive Ateman retorts while doodling Heartpounder's iconic couple on your office's whiteboard. “There is nothing wrong with men loving other men, and by being exposed to Nate and Christian's loving relationship, closeted children across @@NAME@@ will come to accept themselves, decreasing suicide and bullying rates! If anything, you should provide incentives for schools to include LGBTQ+ media in their libraries in order to uphold the diversity of our nation and teach this nation's people that love is love!”
[Outcome 3] children frequently accuse their heterosexual parents of promoting heteronormative lifestyles
[Option 4] “I say we take a middle ground here,” suggests centrist commentator @@RANDOMNAME@@, drawing bewildered looks from the other protesters. “We shouldn't go around banning every book we dislike - that's censorship and an infringement on freedom of expression. However, we should mandate content warnings on these types of books as well as other forms of media. Implementing these content warnings may cost a few extra @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ from the taxpayers' pockets, but it will ultimately allow parents to shield their children from media they perceive as dangerous while still allowing others to enjoy the media they like."
[Outcome 4] the latest documentary about nut production features a trigger warning for containing photographs of nuts
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