Illinois Becomes First State to Ban Book Bans

[Guno צְבִי]

The governor of Illinois signed into law a bill that bans book bans, making Illinois the first state in the country to foist a legislative offense against mounting Republican-backed efforts to limit access to books that explore issues they consider controversial, such as race, inequality, gender, sex and LGBTQ+ topics.

“I refuse to let a dangerous strain of white nationalism determine whose histories are told in Illinois,” said Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker during the bill signing at a children’s library in downtown Chicago. “Because what these book bans in libraries really are about is censorship – marginalizing people, ideas and facts.”


“I want our children to learn our history – warts and all,” he said. “Read as much as you can. Read different perspectives. Read challenging ideas.”

Under the new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, Illinois public libraries must adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, which states, among other things, that “materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.” Any library that restricts or bans materials because of “partisan or doctrinal” disapproval will be ineligible for state funding.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i...w?cvid=aeb5354a87c24f99994b0b78dea661be&ei=25

 

[Damocles]

So they ban any and all criteria of what books go into the library? What if some KKK idiot wants your 2nd grader to learn from Mein Kampf? We already know that they keep Playboy away from those kids, why? That's a "book ban" according to this guy...

 

[Guno צְבִי]

So they ban any and all criteria of what books go into the library? What if some KKK idiot wants your 2nd grader to learn from Mein Kampf? We already know that they keep Playboy away from those kids, why? That's a "book ban" according to this guy...

Like any library there is a child section for small children

Under the new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, Illinois public libraries must adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, which states, among other things, that “materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.” Any library that restricts or bans materials because of “partisan or doctrinal” disapproval will be ineligible for state funding.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

Last year, more than 2,500 different books were objected to, compared to 1,858 in 2021 and just 566 in 2019, according to a recent report from the American Library Association – the most since the organization began tracking that data 20 years ago.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Put another way: Illinois becomes the first state to legalize porn in grade schools...