Here's an article at NBC about people, including parents, fighting back against the debacle going on in Florida. I'm hoping with the publishers involved that the money will be there to fight back legally. Even before I became a librarian this stuff tanned my hide.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/penguin-random-house-florida-parents-sue-school-district-book-bans-rcna84706
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Carolyn Nickerson-Harper
Assistant Director
Carlsbad Public Library
Carlsbad, NM
cjnickerson-harper@cityofcarlsbadnm.com------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: May 18, 2023 01:53 PM
From: Michael Gorman
Subject: The Plot Against America
Washington post
"Librarians could face years of imprisonment and tens of thousands in fines for providing sexually explicit, obscene or 'harmful' books to children under new state laws that permit criminal prosecution of school and library personnel," Hannah Natanson reports. |
- "At least seven states have passed such laws in the last two years, according to a Washington Post analysis, six of them in the past two months - although governors of Idaho and North Dakota vetoed the legislation. Another dozen states considered more than 20 similar bills this year, half of which are likely to come up again in 2024, The Post found."
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Michael Gorman
Chicago, Illinois
michaelg@mail.fresnostate.edu
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