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Democratic minority whip Shawn Fluharty said HB 4654 is what’s “done in third-world countries, and now it’s going to be a headline in West Virginia."Republican lawmakers are continuing to ramp up their war on books in schools. Last week, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would” in libraries and classrooms. The bill, HB 4654, now advances to the state Senate.
What do West Virginia Republicans consider “obscene material”? Anything that “an average person believes depicts or describes sexually explicit conduct,” as well as “anything a reasonable person would find lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value,” according to West Virginia’s state code, which HB 4654 cites.
that HB 4654 would inevitably incur costly legal challenges, and already under-funded schools would foot the bill:does not ban books or censor speech” because the books in question “can still be bought privately by people if they’re adults.
HB 4654 now advances to West Virginia’s Republican-controlled Senate, and if it passes, it will go to the desk of the state’s Republican governor. Gov. Jim Justice hasn’t yet commented on whether he’d sign the bill.February 21, 2024 | 11:00amHurray for the Riff Raff’s The Past Is Still Alive is a Celebratory Measure of Love, Sanctuary and Defiance
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