LGBTQ Advocates Condemn Passage of De Facto “Book Ban” in West Virginia

“The language is so vague that anything could be deemed obscene,” a West Virginian said on social media.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Friday allowing for the criminal prosecution of librarians, teachers, and museums for displaying “obscene” material to minors. Democratic Delegate Evan Hansen has said that the bill, HB 4654, is “a de facto book ban.” “It doesn’t explicitly ban books, but in order to mitigate the risk, librarians are going to make different decisions...

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