The requested restraining orders would also prohibit distribution of the two books by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
to remove all copies of “Gender Queer” from its libraries over its sexual content.The aim of the Republicans’ overall suit — in which Anderson, a lawyer, is representing Altman — is to prevent the distribution of both books to minors without parental consent, Anderson said in an interview Friday. The restraining orders are a temporary measure; he and his client are asking that they remain in place while the suit proceeds. The Virginia Beach court has yet to respond to their request.
Kobabe declined to comment Friday. Maas did not respond to a request for comment, and neither did a spokeswoman for Virginia Beach schools.Barnes & Noble said in a statement Friday: “As booksellers, we carry thousands of books whose subject matter some may find offensive. … We ask that our customers respect our responsibility to offer this breadth of reading materials, and respect also that, while they chose not to purchase many of these themselves, they may be of interest to others.
Patrick Sweeney, the political director for EveryLibrary, a nonprofit group that advocates for libraries, called the tactic novel but unsurprising. He said he expected that conservative legislators would move on from trying to limit what schoolchildren can read by working to limit what the general public can read.
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