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mahatmakanejeeves

(61,661 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:15 AM Jun 2022

ACLU files motion urging Virginia court to dismiss obscenity proceedings that would block two books

What are the two books?

The First Amendment Retweeted

BREAKING: We filed a motion urging a Virginia court to dismiss obscenity proceedings that would block two books from being sold and distributed in bookstores and libraries in Virginia.

Baseless claims of obscenity should not be allowed to override our First Amendment rights.

If the court deems the books obscene, anyone who sells or even lends the book could face criminal prosecution, regardless of if they have prior knowledge of the obscenity proceedings.

This would impact all independent bookstores and distributors in the state of Virginia.


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ACLU files motion urging Virginia court to dismiss obscenity proceedings that would block two books (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 OP
Here you go uppityperson Jun 2022 #1
the RW llashram Jun 2022 #2

uppityperson

(115,882 posts)
1. Here you go
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:18 AM
Jun 2022
https://www.aclu.org/cases/virginia-obscenity-proceedings-against-two-books
The books are Gender Queer, a Memoir, by Maia Kobabe, an autobiographical graphic novel that depicts the author’s experience as a non-binary person; and the fantasy novel A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas.

llashram

(6,269 posts)
2. the RW
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:42 AM
Jun 2022

will start burning them next in huge nighttime bonfires---I remember Nazi Germany under the d.tr...err sorry Hitler...

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