Texas school district bans Bible: “Patently offensive” sexual content 🤨
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/texas-school-district-bans-the-bible-because-of-its-patently-offensive-sexual-content
* Bible caught up in ban on "sexual content" in school libraries 😹
* Texas House Bill 900 (2023-2024) Restricting Explicit & Adult Designated Educational Resources
* prohibits books with 1+ instance sex content
https://txla.org/advocacy/hb-900-vendor-ratings-for-school-library-materials/hb-900-implementation
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A federal appeals court this week declined to reconsider a ruling that blocked part of a Texas law requiring book sellers to rate their own works for sexual content before selling to schools in the state.
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"Court won't reconsider blocking Texas public school book rating law"
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The state law would have required booksellers to rate the explicitness and relevance of sexual references in materials they sell to schools.
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“Appeals court blocks Texas from enforcing book rating law”
“Plaintiffs claimed that the 2023 law, which required book vendors to rate the explicitness of sexual references in materials sold to schools, was unconstitutionally broad.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/17/texas-book-rating-lawsuit-5th-circuit/
'Publishers Weekly' has named Valerie Koehler, owner of Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, and Charley Rejsek, CEO of BookPeople in Austin, as their 2023 People of the Year for opposing HB 900, a banned books law.
They are suing over this law. The case went before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in November.
#AmicusBriefs urges appeals court to uphold injunction on #Texas #HB900
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With oral argument days away, some 17 organizations and individuals have teamed up to file six separate amicus briefs urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold a lower court decision blocking Texas’s controversial book rating law
PS: Just because #HB900 was derailed doesn't mean all's well in Texas. While laws would make it easier for them to ban books, old-fashioned intimidation remains a valid option.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/20/texas-teacher-fired-anne-frank-book-ban
UPDATE September 18, 2023 Joint Remarks: District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Barring Implementation of Texas Censorship Law (via Association of American Publishers) Read the Court Order Complete Case Docket Media Coverage: In a Blistering Opinion, Judge Officially Blocks Texas’ Book Rating Law (by Andrew Albanese, PW) —- —- UPDATE September 12, 2023Texas Judge Hears Arguments […]
“That said, [the law] misses the mark on obscenity with a web of unconstitutionally vague requirements. And the state, in abdicating its responsibility to protect children, forces private individuals and corporations into compliance with an unconstitutional law that violates the First Amendment.” Judge Alan D. Albright
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