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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.

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[-] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Let's get started with religious texts then.

malicious compliance

[-] soratoyuki@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's already happened in Utah, were Bibles were temporarily banned in school libraries until ~~courts~~ the school board invented an exception to return them. These laws were never designed to be honesty and neutrally applied, and it's a grave mistake to assume otherwise.

[-] buddhabound@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The courts did not return them. The school board did. The same shits that said certain books were pornographic determined that a text (Bible) with worse stuff in it was fine.

According to that school board:
Religious books with gay sex = fine.
Other books with gay characters= not fine

[-] soratoyuki@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Edited! Thank you for the correction. I was clearly too tired when I posted.

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