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Group against LGBTQ-themed books say librarian's defamation lawsuit restricts free speech

Por: The Advocate Crime September 17, 2022

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A Lafayette-based group whose members believe that some books in the Livingston Parish Library system are too sexually explicit for younger readers told a judge Wednesday that it will file court papers claiming that a defamation lawsuit filed against it by a public school librarian is restricting its right to speak freely.Until Wednesday's hearing, the Citizens for a New Louisiana had not responded publicly to a complaint raised last month... + full article



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