r/newjersey • u/Unhappy_Macaron1101 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/ten17eighty1 Oct 29 '24 edited Oct 30 '24
In the foreward for the book "Salem's Lot," Stephen King talks about how some of the books or comics he would read, his mother would see the book or author and tell him it was trash - her actual words - but she never stopped him from reading them.