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    Erda: Someon needs to look up "civil liberties" in the dictionary, methinks. more »
    The Queen of No: My favorite book as a teen. It kind of changed my life. I even passed it on to my cousin, who happens to be cooler than me. Meeting Francesca Lia Bloc... more »
    Slovenly Muse: Baby Be-Bop is one of my all-time favourite books. I read it as a teen in the process of coming out, and thought it was brilliant. Then, years later, ... more »
    maybeimamazed02: This makes me so angry. As if book burning weren't frighteningly wrong enough, GOD FORBID we teach our kids acceptance and love. This is a beautiful b... more »
    Wasp vs Stryper: Seriously? Francesca Lia Block wrote the Weetzy Bat books which were about the coolest and quirkiest girl on her block who was kind to everyone she me... more »
    Cerridwen: Book burning? Seriously?! I am beginning to truly understand what Toni Morrison meant when she said religion teaches us that knowledge is bad.@< more »
    N i s t h a: ...the whole term "anti-Christian" annoys the living fuck out of me. What about things that are "anti-Moslem", "anti-Jewish", and "anti-Hindu"? If you... more »
    Ipomoea: I e-mailed the library (libref@west-bendlibrary.org) and thanked them for fighting the good fight and standing up for freedom of speech and informatio... more »
    Diziet_Sma: Hello Christianity, it's me, Diziet. Why are you such a cockbib? more »
    awinoforever: i haven't read these books but from the synopsis it doesn't seem that inflamatory or anything. just you know, actually dealing with the coming of age ... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: Book burning: means EXACTLY what we think it means. more »
    bowleserised: "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen" "Where they burn books, they will also burn humans in the end" A quotation from ... more »
    tscheese: Dear Book-Burning Bigot-y Weirdoes: It's a book. If you don't like it, don't look at it. It didn't come over to your house, egg your car, TP your lawn... more »
    evelyn: when i was in 8th grade i checked block's book "the hanged man" out of the library and tried to use it for my independent reading book in english clas... more »
    Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): Jezebel, I am totally offended and injured by having to view this immoral book on your web page. You owe me $30,000 in damages. Small-minded bigotry f... more »
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    "Explicitly Vulgar, Racial, And Anti-Christian"

    Robert C. Braun of the Christian Civil Liberties Union in Milwaukee seeks the right to burn his local library's copy of Baby Be-Bop by author Francesca Lia Block. The book explores a gay teen's struggles. More here: [American Library Association]