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From the Facebook page of Virginia Del. Tim Anderson:
I am pleased to announce a major legal victory. Today, the Virginia Beach Circuit Court has found probable cause that the books Gender Queer and a Court of Mist and Fury are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors.
My client, Tommy Altman, has now directed my office to seek a restraining order against Barnes and Noble and Virginia Beach Schools to enjoin them from selling or loaning these books to minors without parent consent.
We are in a major fight. Suits like this can be filed all over Virginia. There are dozens of books. Hundreds of schools.
Book Riot reports:
Neither book fits the definition of obscene and neither book is pornography. Barnes & Noble has yet to respond to the legal actions taken.
As a private business, they are not only allowed to sell what they wish to sell, but they are under no obligation by anyone to move materials out of their facilities. Further, no private business like the bookseller would simply “supply” books to the school district.
Right-wing groups are pushing a narrative that suggests public schools are at the epicenter of indoctrination, forcing gender and sexuality onto young people starting in kindergarten. Lawsuits like this further fuel misinformation campaigns by these groups.
Can’t make this stuff up:
A Virginia Beach legislator is suing Barnes & Noble for selling books he thinks are too lewd.
He thinks books are more dangerous than the assault weapons he sells at his gun shop. https://t.co/O0oD0kAZrn
— Sally Hudson (@SallyLHudson) May 19, 2022
Virginia Republicans want to ban books. Everywhere – they aren’t stopping at schools & libraries.
They are authoritarian bullies who want to control what you see, hear, learn and read.
Everything they baselessly accuse the left of doing, they do.https://t.co/qcIxPkpjuQ
— Marcus Simon (@marcussimon) May 19, 2022