The lawsuit alleges, in every decision to remove a book, "the removals have disproportionately targeted books by or about people of color and/or LGBTQ people, and have prescribed an orthodoxy of opinion that violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments." Johnson and Ashley Hope Pérez, are backing the lawsuit. Several authors whose books have been impacted by book bans across the country, including David Levithan, George M. The lawsuit argues that the school board's removal and restriction of books that discuss racism and have LGBTQ themes violates the First Amendment. PEN America, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting free expression, and Penguin Random House, one of the country's largest book publishers, filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting a Florida school district for removing certain books from the shelves of public school libraries.Īuthors and parents of children affected by the book bans in the Escambia County School District have also joined the federal lawsuit, which is asking for books to be returned to school libraries.
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