A federal complaint was filed in Orlando, Florida by five major publishing houses and several authors, over a law pushed by Republican Gov. DeSantis that makes it easier to ban books.
It claims that a Florida law, HB 1069, which makes it easier to challenge books that contain sexual conduct or are “pornagraphic”, violates the First Amendment rights of publishers, authors, teachers, and students.
The complaint was filed by Hachette, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuester, along with SourceBooks, and several authors.
The lawsuit argues that the books that have been removed from schools and libraries using the Florida law are “not remotely obscene” and that the wording of the law is too broad and could be used to encompass a wide range of books depending on interpretation.
Each attempt to ban a book represents a direct attack on every person’s right to freely choose what books to read and what ideas to explore, and to suppress the voices of LGBTQ community.
Ron DeSantis, Let Us Live in Florida!!!
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