Summary

Rightwing groups across the US are driving a wave of legislation to restrict books in school and public libraries, targeting content deemed “sexually explicit” or “obscene,” often affecting LGBTQ+ and race-related titles.

Texas leads with 31 bills and 538 book bans in the 2023–24 school year.

Proposed laws, like Texas Senate Bill 13, shift book selection power from librarians to parent-led advisory boards.

Critics, including librarians and legal scholars, warn these efforts amount to censorship, risk violating First Amendment rights, and reduce access in underserved communities.

  • blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io
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    21 days ago

    Still bad, but servitude =/= slavery.

    7 in the Bible is usually a symbol for completeness. The 70*7 specifically is meant to be “unending”.

    It is very likely to really be a 7 years limit to debts.

    And I would love if the Bible-thumping politicians proposed this debt limit for modern times, but they are all just hypocrites.

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      21 days ago

      7 in the Bible is usually a symbol

      It is very likely to really be a 7 years limit

      Is it just me, or these don’t seem to jive with each other.