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ACLU exploring ban of gay book at N.J. school: ‘Revolutionary Voices’

Started by Shana A, May 14, 2010, 08:27:09 AM

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Shana A

May 14, 2010, 08:27:09 AM
 ACLU exploring ban of gay book at N.J. school: 'Revolutionary Voices'
Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:46

http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/aclu-exploring-ban-of-gay-book-at-nj-school-revolutionary-voices

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey sent an Open Public Records Act request last Friday to the Rancocas Valley School District for documents that will shed light on the district's decision to remove the book Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology from the Rancocas Valley High School library. The book, which shares gay students' coming-out stories and reflections on identity, won the School Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students Award in 2001.

"The ultimate decision of whether a book can be removed does not rest simply on whether a few individuals or students may be offended," said ACLU-NJ Executive Director Deborah Jacobs. "Decisions to censor literature should only be based on a standard set of neutral criteria unrelated to the political or social themes in the book."
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