Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Another for the "save me from your followers" file... <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2009/june2009/westbendbabybebop060309.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/ala/alonlin...0309.cfm</a> >>Life grows more interesting by the day for officials of the West Bend (Wis.) Community Memorial Library. After four months of grappling with an evolving challenge to young-adult materials deemed sexually explicit by area residents Ginny and Jim Maziarka, library trustees voted 9–0 June 2 to maintain the young-adult collection as is “without removing, relocating, labeling, or otherwise restricting access” to any titles. However, board members were made cognizant that same evening that another material challenge waited in the wings: Milwaukee-area citizen Robert C. Braun of the Christian Civil Liberties Union (CCLU) distributed at the meeting copies of a claim for damages he and three other plaintiffs filed April 28 with the city; the complainants seek the right to publicly burn or destroy by another means the library’s copy of Baby Be-Bop. The claim also demands $120,000 in compensatory damages ($30,000 per plaintiff) for being exposed to the book in a library display, and the resignation of West Bend Mayor Kristine Deiss for “allow[ing] this book to be viewed by the public.”<< Ginny Marziaka's "blog": <a href="http://wissup.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://wissup.blogspot.com/</a> Someone tell me: What century are we living in again???
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I read about this the other day, and I would kill to tell the "plaintiffs" to just suck it up! I mean, come on! Suing for mental damages for just seeing a book about gay teenagers on a display shelf! The book didn't jump off the shelf and force itself on them. No one is making them read the thing. **sigh** This kind of crud just drives me absolutely batty.
Originally Posted By Mr X <a href="http://www.glamdring.org/modules/gallery/albums/misc/morans.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.glamdring.org/modul...rans.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Suing for mental damages for just seeing a book about gay teenagers on a display shelf! The book didn't jump off the shelf and force itself on them. No one is making them read the thing.*** Perhaps we should make them... <a href="http://tinyurl.com/luh2fl" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/luh2fl</a>
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 What would happen in somebody dared to do the same thing for any kind of Christian themed book? I can see the outrage now. Such a double standard. And since WHEN has book burning ever been a good idea?? Ugh, these people!!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Just imagine if these people ever actually read the bible. I am sure the spicier parts would be an outrage to them.
Originally Posted By mele <a href="http://www.thebricktestament.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thebricktestament.com/</a>
Originally Posted By gadzuux So the "Christian Civil Liberties Union" is publicly claiming they want to burn books they don't approve of. And I'm sure the irony escapes them entirely.
Originally Posted By Mr X No irony. The word "Christian" implies civil liberties as applicable to Christian laws only. No? Since Christians despise gays, it makes perfect sense that anything gay related would be in violation of their uniquely Christian liberties.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***what's next - burning Witches?*** Been there, done that. PR nightmare. 200 years gone by and they STILL won't shut up about it (none of them were burned at the stake, OKAY!?). Much easier to go after the sex "deviants" these days.
