Christian group sues for right to burn gay teen novel

[babsbunny]

Christian group sues for right to burn gay teen novel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/12/christian-group-sues-burn-gay-teen-novel

Lawsuit also claims Francesca Lia Block's Baby Be-Bop 'constitutes a hate crime'

In a scene which appears to have been lifted straight out of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, a group of Christians in Wisconsin has launched a legal claim demanding the right to publicly burn a copy of a book for teenagers which they deem to be "explicitly vulgar, racial , and anti-Christian".

The offending book is Francesca Lia Block's Baby Be-Bop, a young adult novel in which a boy, struggling with his homosexuality, is beaten up by a homophobic gang. The complaint, which according to the American Library Association also demands $120,000 (£72,000) in compensatory damages for being exposed to the book in a display at West Bend Community Memorial Library, was lodged by four men from the Christian Civil Liberties Union.

[Lorax7844]

1. k and r

[elehhhhna]

2. take "novel" out of your title and

it'll cut right to the heart of these people.

[Canuckistanian]

3. They probably agree with the "beating up" part

Isn't it amazing how they always use violence to deal with things they don't like- shooting, bombing, beating, setting things on fire.

[FiveGoodMen]

6. That's what Jesus told them to do

...wasn't it?

Oh.

[baldguy]

4. Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.

[NOW tense]

5. WTF?

This is so ridiculous..... Christian Civil Liberties Union? What does that involve?
What's next suing for the Christian civil liberty of honor killing?
Perhaps maybe stoning?
I am so sick and tired of people who choose to live by a book that was written with the biases of centuries ago.

[progressoid]

9. WTF Indeed.

Christian Civil Liberties Union. :wtf:

Give me a break.

[mysuzuki2]

7. there are some real loonies up in West Bend

why does anyone think they have the right to get through life without being offended?

[Kablooie]

8. There is no law banning the burning books that I know of.

And there is no law protecting them from public outrage and consequences of their actions if they do so.

[DCKit]

10. They probably want to burn the book on the library shelf.

The collateral damage wouldn't bother them one bit.

[mrbarber]

11. Christian Civil LIberties Union?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Mythsaje]

12. To quote the makers of Bureau 13

"Feel free to buy and burn as many copies as you like."