Tag: obscenity

Pennsylvania Mom to Use Obscenity Law to Get Explicit Books Removed From Schools

July 12, 2022
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Unable to convince local officials to remove sexually explicit materials from her child’s school library, a Pennsylvania mom intends to take the issue to federal court. She will ask a judge to remove obscene materials from all U.S. schools. “I want a nationwide emergency injunction before these kids go back to school,” Fenicia Redman told…

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Virginia Delegate Seeks to Bar Barnes & Noble from Selling ‘Gender Queer’ Directly to Minors

May 20, 2022
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—A Virginia delegate and congressional candidate have sought to prohibit Barnes and Noble from selling two books—“Gender Queer” and “A Court of Mist and Fury”—directly to minors while a pending lawsuit in the Virginia Beach Circuit Court determines whether these two books meet obscenity standards. The restraining orders, filed on Wednesday by state…

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Proposed Tennessee Legislation Would Ban ‘Obscene Material’ in K–12 Schools

April 7, 2022
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The question of what constitutes obscenity as it applies to material found in K–12 libraries faces conflicting opinions as the Tennessee Senate considers legislation proposing to tackle the issue. Senate Bill 1944 (pdf) would remove the former exclusion of schools from an obscenity law that prohibits showing obscene material to minors, while also holding schools…

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