Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content

[Behind the Aegis]

Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours

Afederal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ and racial content, must be placed back onto shelves within 24 hours, according to an order filed Thursday.

Seven residents sued county officials in April 2022, claiming their First and 14th Amendment rights were violated when books deemed inappropriate by some people in the community and Republican lawmakers were removed from public libraries or access was restricted.

The lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio claimed county officials removed books from the shelves of the three-branch public library system “because they disagree with the ideas within them” and terminated access to thousands of digital books because they could not ban two specific titles.

Books ordered to return to shelves include “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, “They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and “Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen” by Jazz Jennings.

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[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Maybe an edit of the thread title would be a good idea?

Because the truncation currently gives the exact wrong impression.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. And thus the need to read the ENTIRE title in the first line

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. muriel_volestrangler is right.

The books were removed a year ago. It’s the order to return the books that is newsworthy now.

[intheflow]

5. You should edit it.

As is, the title is very misleading and feels like clickbait now that I’ve followed the link. Titles only have to match the article in LBN.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. I concur with muriel_volestrangler! Here's a suggestion...

Judge orders books removed from Texas public...must be returned within 24 hours

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[Fullduplexxx]

6. It's like those headlines in the multi-media forum where everyone is "destroyed "

Just as misleading