A Virginia judge has thrown out a Republican lawsuit against Barnes & Noble that attempted to place a statewide ban on two books through an arcane obscenity law.
, is a novel in a young adult series by Sarah J. Maas and depicts sexual scenes between straight characters.that Republican hand-wringing over books, especially ones with LGBTQ themes or nonwhite characters, is just a vehicle of white supremacy and fascism.
“When you’re asking a court to make a ruling in criminal law that has the result of restricting the sale of a book — that’s censorship,” Barnes & Noble’s attorney, Bob Corn-Revere, said
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