Public Librarians or School Librarians? I know this is an awful issue, but both of these are to be handled differently. I'd more than support making that law for the latter, former is a different story.
Kama Sutra? Yeah you do. I even looked it up right now in my local library catalog to be sure. Stored under SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction. They have an illustrated version too.
not supposed to distribute pornography
That's certainly true. Obscenity is defined by the law and nobody can distribute it in a public place. I'm not arguing this Arkansas law is bad (haven't read it) but you'd think this material would already be banned.
US district judge Timothy L Brooks issued a preliminary injunction against the law,
Name and shame.
A coalition that included the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) in Little Rock had challenged the law, saying fear of prosecution under the measure could prompt libraries and booksellers to no longer carry titles that could be challenged.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE FUCKING POINT.
The ACLU of Arkansas, which represents some of the plaintiffs, applauded the court’s ruling, saying that the absence of a preliminary injunction would have jeopardized the free speech rights enshrined in the US constitution’s first amendment.
Of course the ACLU is back on the wrong side again.
“The question we had to ask was – do Arkansans still legally have access to reading materials?” Holly Dickson, the executive director of the ACLU in Arkansas, said in a statement. “Luckily, the judicial system has once again defended our highly valued liberties.”
Now that is one dumbass argument. Is that seriously what the Judge ruled with?
The executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System, Nate Coulter, said the judge’s 49-page decision recognized the law as censorship, a constitutional violation and wrongly maligning librarians.
“As folks in south-west Arkansas say, this order is stout as horseradish!” he said in an email. He added: “I’m relieved that for now the dark cloud that was hanging over CALS’ librarians has lifted.”
Public Librarians or School Librarians? I know this is an awful issue, but both of these are to be handled differently. I'd more than support making that law for the latter, former is a different story.
Public libraries are also not supposed to distribute pornography. You don’t see karma sutra in a public library.
Kama Sutra? Yeah you do. I even looked it up right now in my local library catalog to be sure. Stored under SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction. They have an illustrated version too.
That's certainly true. Obscenity is defined by the law and nobody can distribute it in a public place. I'm not arguing this Arkansas law is bad (haven't read it) but you'd think this material would already be banned.
And you’d think gender queer wouldn’t be available to 8 year olds, but it’s 2023
Heh, I checked the local library network and sure enough, they have seven different editions of that.
Here's a really easy test: are they receiving taxpayer money? No? Put whatever they want on the shelves. Yes? No goddamn porn.
Name and shame.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE FUCKING POINT.
Of course the ACLU is back on the wrong side again.
Now that is one dumbass argument. Is that seriously what the Judge ruled with?
Oh wow he sounds like a born retard.
Why can’t we show minors pornography !