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Related: About this forumLeague City Council will vote on creating politically appointed committee to restrict library books.
The First Amendment RetweetedBREAKING: League City Council will vote tonight on whether to create a politically appointed committee with the power to restrict library books. We just sent a letter explaining why this would violate the First Amendment.
Freedom of expression protects our right to read.
Freedom of expression protects our right to read.
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League City Council will vote on creating politically appointed committee to restrict library books. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2023
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llashram
(6,269 posts)1. germany 1933?
vaguely familiar...
BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)2. Texas tops the list
Of most banned books (801). Its tough living among so many ignorant, biased people.
Paladin
(28,979 posts)3. Saw that this morning. Made me want to puke. (nt)
joshdawg
(2,725 posts)5. It's tough living among so many ignorant, biased
republicans; namely abbott, patrick, cruz, paxton, gohmert, etc. ad nauseum.
I will never understand why so many fellow Texans vote republican year after year.
My right-winger friends won't or can't argue with me, the only thing they have is this "whataboutism."
And even that falls flat 99 percent of the time.
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,578 posts)4. League City is in the deep red part of Texas
Rhiannon12866
(224,426 posts)6. When I was a kid, the local library had a summer reading program for kids
And I was able to pick out my own books then!