Federal Judge Blocks Iowa’s Ban On LGBTQ Books
Courthouse News reports:
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked enforcement of Iowa’s state law that removes books that have LGBTQ themes with references to sexual acts from school libraries.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher, a Joe Biden appointee, took back the case after an Eighth Circuit panel reversed a preliminary injunction he issued in December 2023. The earlier injunction blocked the removal of so-called sexually explicit books from school libraries, including those with LGBTQ+ themes.
This time, in Tuesday’s 40-page decision, Locher ruled that because Iowa’s regulations force the removal of books from school libraries that are not pornographic or obscene, the law is facially unconstitutional.
Read the full article. Photo: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds.
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