LLANO COUNTY, Texas — A Texas county's library system is being threatened amid an ongoing battle over banned books.
On Thursday, the Llano County Commissioners Court will discuss whether to"continue or cease operations" of the library system after previously removed books discussing race, health, gender and sexuality were returned to shelves under a court order.
As months went on, the removal of books continued, targeting books that discussed race, discrimination, gender, sexuality or sexual health, court documents show. Instead, a new advisory board was created and members of the community group that advocated for the book removals were appointed to it, according to the court order.
On March 31, a federal judge ordered the previously banned books to be put back on the shelves and allowed to be checked out and looked up in the library's catalog. Now, the county Commissioners Court partially behind the move to remove books will decide the fate of the library system. The vast majority of book banning attempts were made against literature written by or about members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of color, according to the ALA.
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