US judge overturns Cuba book ban - Democratic Underground

bennywhale

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Tue Jul-25-06 09:46 AM
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US judge overturns Cuba book ban

A judge has temporarily overturned a decision by Miami's school board to ban a controversial children's book about Cuba from school libraries

The Miami-Dade Student Government Association and the ACLU said removing the book violated students' constitutional right of access to information under the First Amendment.

"By totally banning the Cuba books and the rest of the series, the school board is in fact prohibiting even the voluntary consideration of the themes contained in the books by students at their leisure," said US District Judge Alan Gold.

"This goes to the heart of the First Amendment issue," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5212104.stm

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Tue Jul-25-06 09:48 AM
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1. Duplicate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2410567

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