The Freedom From Religion Foundation took on book-banning conservative activists in Academy School District 20, and won.
to suggest one more book that should be removed based on the same criteria of “inappropriate sexual and violent content”: The Bible.
“A parent of a student from District 20 reached out to us,” explains FFRF attorney and spokesperson Chris Line. “She was concerned not only that these books had been removed, but how and how quickly. We shared her concern that this outside group, Advocates for D20 Kids, had not only had their voices heard, but heard immediately. Both we and that parent reached out to the district to suggest that if they’re going to ban these books, then the Bible should be banned as well.
In the FFRF’s June 21 letter to the district, Line goes into great detail as to exactly how and where the Bible gets into such issues, referencing passages such as Ezekiel 23: 20-21, in which a prostitute “lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses,” and who “longed for the lewdness of your youth, when . . . [her] bosom was caressed and young breasts fondled.
Within a month, the district admitted that the way it had gone about removing those books was in error, and reinstated the three novels. “After careful consideration," its response to FFRF notes, “the District assures that the removal of library materials will be based on established policies and procedures.”
That's not exactly a guarantee that the retention of these books — and many like them, often written by under-represented groups in terms of both race and sexual orientation — is a done deal. “So we’re not completely out of the woods,” Line says. “These books could still be challenged through the district. But we were able to stop this. It’s an important victory for now, but there’s so much more to be done.
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