Books banned by leaders in one Texas county were ordered to be put back on the shelf after a judge ruled in favor of residents suing the county.
April 2, 2023, 5:04 PMBooks are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 18, 2023.taking books off the shelves
MORE: Author Jodi Picoult denounces book bans after Florida school district pulls 20 of her titles from shelvesAt issue, was a group of library board members demanding books such as "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak and "It's Perfectly Normal" by Robbie H. Harris be removed. Other books the new board members complained about were books labeled "pornographic" and included books promoting acceptance of LGBTQ views.
“Plaintiffs have made a clear showing that they are likely to succeed on their viewpoint discrimination claim,” he writes in an order released on Friday. “Although libraries are afforded great discretion for their selection and acquisition decisions, the First Amendment prohibits the removal of books from libraries based on either viewpoint or content discrimination.”
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