There’s a flurry of stories warning about the return of book banning. I think we’re seeing them for a couple of reasons.
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In 2020, the Jamestown Library mounted a display of award-winning young adult books, which included a memoir called “Gender Queer,” about growing up non-binary. Jamestown is a mostly-Christian farming community of about 9,900 people. The library spends most of its budget on Christian fiction. Of the library’s 67,000 books, only 90 had an LGBTQ keyword. But the social media mob labeled the library director a groomer and pedophile, and things got scary enough that she quit.
But when I see one of these books on display, I take a stand. I don’t read it. Unless someone tries to forbid me from reading it, and then I probably would.
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