The vote was in Connecticut. And not only that, it was in Newtown, a town whose very name is an horrific reminder that a single AR-15 is more of a threat to children than all the books in the world.
One of the two books targeted for banning in Newton had never even been checked out. The other had been checked out just once, nearly a decade ago.But Republicans on the Newtown Board of Education sought to haveby Craig Thompson removed from the local high school library as if Connecticut was some benighted red state.
“When people think of it, they think of Florida, Texas, Louisiana,” Lord told The Daily Beast. "I thought, ‘Well that will never happen in Newtown.’” Newtown Schools Superintendent Christopher Melillo endorsed the committee’s determination on May 2, and that should have been the end of the matter. Lord figures that the overwhelming majority of people he encounters in Newtown see no reason for a ban, along with the accompanying fuss. And Newtown can be a very small town, where everybody knows everybody.
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