Penguin Random House and PEN America filed a lawsuit against a Florida school district for removing and restricting certain books in school libraries, claiming that the removals violate free speech and equal protection laws.
The federal lawsuit, filed against Escambia County School District in Pensacola on Wednesday, argues that the removal of books on topics such as LGBT identities, race, or racism is viewpoint discrimination and violates the First Amendment. Parents, students, and authors have joined the two groups in filing the lawsuit."Today, Escambia County seeks to bar books critics view as too 'woke' ... Tomorrow, it could be books about Christianity, the country’s founders, or war heroes.
The lawsuit claims school leaders removed or restricted 10 books “based on an ideologically driven campaign to push certain ideas out of schools," the filing states. "By ignoring these recommendations, the school district made clear that its interests are in censoring certain ideas and viewpoints, not pedagogy, and that it is willing to allow an extremist minority to substitute its political agenda for the judgment of educators and parents," PEN America said in a press release.
Some of the books named in the lawsuit are “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” by Sarah Brannen, “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. Johnson, “Two Boys Kissing,” by David Levithan, “When Aidan Became a Brother,” and “Too Bright to See” by Kyle Lukoff, and “Out of Darkness” by Ashley Hope Pérez, the lawsuit states. The authors have joined the publishing group as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
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