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mahatmakanejeeves

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1. More, at Joe.My.God.:

Reply to Yonnie3 (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2022, 10:21 AM

Aug 2022

Raising_Rlyeh • 18 hours ago
OT but great fucking news

BREAKING: A Virginia court just dismissed an attempt to use baseless obscenity claims to ban two books from being sold and distributed in bookstores and libraries in state.

The First Amendment is clear — disliking the contents of a book doesn’t mean the government can ban it.

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 30, 2022

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Judge throws out obscenity case attempting to restrict sales of books in Virginia Beach [View all] Yonnie3 Aug 2022 OP

More, at Joe.My.God.: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #1

Yes, I saw the ACLU tweet Yonnie3 Aug 2022 #2