The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.

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      9 months ago

      What’s your point? The current laws allow for hustler magazine to be curated in a library? It doesn’t.

      What books have graphic depictions? Do these books “lack serious literary, artistic, political, educational, or scientific value.”?

      Is your point that even if a book has serious literary or educational value, it should still be banned? Wanting to ban things of educational or literary value is censorship. It’s a free speech issue because these books are forms of expression. Banning things with value deprives other people of that value.