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Stephen King has given a blunt three-word response to discovering that 23 of his books have been banned from school libraries in Florida, a law that is now being challenged by six major book ...
Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
Hyperbole, misinformation, exaggerated or outlandish claims about books’ content are fueling these bans. Now, it only takes one person to deny Florida students hundreds of books at a time ...
An island city-state famous for cleanliness, Singapore has many laws aimed at keeping the nation tidy. The country seems to have a particular obsession with chewing gum, banning its importation ...
The Laws of Life: Halliday Sutherland: 1935 Non-fiction Banned in the Irish Free State for discussing sex education and Calendar-based contraceptive methods – even though The Laws of Life had been granted a Cum permissu superiorum endorsement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. [169] Honourable Estate: Vera Brittain: 1936 Novel
In addition to the mountain of work now laid in her lap, she hasn’t even been given a system to vet the books with. Currently, it is a subjective process of a single person reviewing each book ...
The amount of ridiculous laws that still exist on the books in this day and age is mind-boggling. ... More on strange selfie trends . 4. Kansas is really serious about selling blue ducklings.
Idaho HB710, signed into law in April 2024, requires school and public libraries to move materials deemed harmful to minors to an adults-only section, allowing community members who object to a book to sue for $250 in damages. The law uses Idaho's existing definition of obscene materials, which includes “any act of … homosexuality.”