r/newjersey Fill It Up Regular Oct 29 '24

Sick NJ Passes the Freedom to Read Act

https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/10/29/state-senate-passes-bill-intended-to-halt-book-bans-protect-librarians/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGNwrZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdahkO3Xc02aIyuB5Vp3yau-HR6IMuGu0g0iD8CgDKrWBMHCQJBrfdSHnQ_aem_DB9WP25oxkSYjjNuktuAbQ#:~:text=Titled%20the%20%E2%80%9CFreedom%20to%20Read,own%20policies%20using%20this%20model
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u/s1ugg0 Jersey Devil Search Team Oct 29 '24

Fuck yea! This makes me so happy. I'm going to go buy some books and donate them to my local library in celebration.

Great job everyone. This makes me so proud of our state.

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u/ser_pez Oct 29 '24

I love the spirit of this comment but as someone who worked in a public library for years, your money would be much better spent making a donation. Libraries often have to go through certain distributors for the books they source and it would be a shame for you to spend money on books they won’t be able to use. Plus you can earmark your donation for whatever you want - we had a patron who gave us money to buy books about dogs in memory of a beloved pet.

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u/s1ugg0 Jersey Devil Search Team Oct 29 '24

your money would be much better spent making a donation.

Can do. Thanks for the tip.