BANNED BOOKS
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THE REST OF THE TOP TEN FOR 2013
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SOME REASONS FOR BOOK CHALLENGES
“No matter how well intentioned, the practice of censorship limits the freedom of others to choose what they read, see, or hear.” American Library Association
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceable to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution, THE FIRST AMENDMENT
HISTORIC CASES
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” Ray Bradbury, 1993 “dirty talk”, smoking cigarettes,” use of God’s name in vain”