The former host of ‘Reading Rainbow’ used to encourage kids to read books. Now he’s telling adults not to ban them
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As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also choosing to address banned books.
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Yes, politically right conservatives with anti-LGBT+ political agendas are in fact trying to ban books. Why are you lying and misrepresenting reality?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/10/05/website-driving-banned-books-surge-moms-for-liberty/70922213007/
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/11/moms-for-liberty-leads-florida-school-district-to-pull-five-books/70397263007/
https://www.newsweek.com/moms-liberty-banned-book-list-schools-1756574
https://suburbanturmoil.com/moms-for-liberty-books-are-dangerous-banned-books/2022/02/15/
https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/02/16/moms-for-liberty-gets-three-books-removed-from-campbell-county-school-libraries/
https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-news/2023-07-12/leon-schools-removed-5-books-after-moms-for-liberty-raised-concern-more-could-follow
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/education/2023/06/06/parents-rights-group-moms-for-liberty-behind-kentucky-book-bans-labeled-by-extremist-splc/70294867007/
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2022/09/26/moms-for-liberty-expands-efforts-to-ban-books
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/book-ban-carroll-county-schools-review-parent-concern/45107473
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e8EwRkphmI
Add this one to the pile Utah law banning books with "pornographic content" leads several books to be banned, ironically including the King James Bible and The Book of Mormon. Of course, they overturned the ban on the King James Bible and probably The Book of Mormon too because hypocrisy.