banning of books in school libraries. Banning books that educate

students is wrong and selfish. Censorship of books in school libraries

is neither uncommon nor an issue of the past. Books with artistic and

cultural worth are still challenged constantly by those who want to

control what others read. The roots of bigotry and illiteracy that

fuel efforts to censor books and free expression are unacceptable and

unconditional. Censoring school books in libraries can often lead to

censorship of our basic freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment. In

some cases, a minority ends up dictating the majority in censorship

cases. To be told what is permissible reading material and what is not

is a direct violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution.

The First Amendment of the Constitution is the most important and

debatable of them all. The First Amendment states; "Congress shall

make no law respecting an establishment of religion, of prohibiting the

free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the

press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to

petition the Government for a redress

"ism," it's another. Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time has been

Mice and Men have been placed on the controversial bookshelf of many

book should be censored, the student's hope of reading that book is

Black Beauty, and after a while that gets a little thin for

ideas and philosophies. There is no danger in such exposure. The

cake and a bottle of wine to her grandmother's house. The districts

what one parent or small groups of parents, being mistaken for a

what he meant by "alternate lifestyles," although a parent testifying

children? It appears that the children of today are in danger of being

for self-government. Freedom of expression defines the freedoms of

Freedom of expression is an inalienable human right and the foundation

my child may never be able to read. It seems that the only logical

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