At least 12 titles, including Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings, are back in public libraries, at least for now.
, claiming the books’ removal violated their constitutional rights. That series of books included titles likeThey Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist GroupThe books were first taken off shelves when Republican lawmakers and community members claimed they were “inappropriate” and “pornographic filth,” due mostly to the fact that they featured narratives of marginalized and LGBTQ+ people.
filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio, accused county officials of removing and restricting the books from the public library system solely “because they disagree with the ideas within them.”and a defendant in the suit, Bonnie Wallace , went so far as to consider involving local pastors in the battle against the books: “Perhaps they can organize a weekly prayer vigil on this specific issue....May God protect our children from this FILTH.
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