Illinois becomes first state to ban book bans
Governor J.B. Pritzker compared the new law to Illinois' past firsts, such as being the first state in the union to ratify the 13th Amendment outlawing chattel slavery.
DAVE BYRNES / June 12, 2023
CHICAGO (CN) — Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a state law prohibiting book bans on Monday afternoon, making Illinois the first state in the union to adopt such a measure.
"Book bans are about censorship. Marginalizing people; marginalizing ideas and facts," Pritzker said in a prepared speech prior to signing the bill at Chicago's Harold Washington Library, amid the Chicago Public Library system's 150th anniversary celebrations. "Regimes ban books, not democracies."
Pritzker also compared signing the law to other times in history when Illinois was the first state to adopt progressive legislation, specifically when it was first to ratify the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery on Feb. 1, 1865, and first to ratify the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote on June 10, 1919.
"Here in Illinois we don't hide from the truth, we embrace it. All of it," Pritzker said, adding that he wanted his own children to learn the truth of U.S. history, "warts and all."
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( How awesome is that, huh? 
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Bravo Gov Pritzker! 
Bravo Illinoians (or Illini 
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Now all Dems-controlled states take note & follow suit!!! 
Don't forget Alexi Giannoulias, our Secretary of State and state librarian. He proposed this law. He is a friend of Obama, and played basketball with him. He was our youngest state treasurer ever.
at least not a rational interpretation of the Constitution.
