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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Apparently not if (a) it was already on the shelves and (b) the removal is politically / religiously motivated.
This makes sense to me because "the school" is serving the community and just because some people want a book removed doesn't mean that ALL the community does. Also, unless "the school" is a private school, their library is at least partially funded by tax money. So removal of existing books on political / religious grounds is thorny.
That's how I interpret that SC quote, anyway.
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I think you're coming from a false premise here. The school did not remove the books because they were religiously offensive. Someone who found the books religiously offensive raised the issue, the school said "let's revisit what's considered age appropriate", and standards were set independent of religious views. Just because a religious question started the process doesn't mean that's what determined what stayed and what was removed.