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I read this book a while ago called The Places I never Meant To Be
It was really cool because it was all about author's whose books have been banned. It has a short chapter from one of their books and what they think about banning.

I find it hilarious that books by a lot of those authors I've had to read for school.

In a word. Yes, that is exactly what they are afraid of. If they are lay people (not the cardinal or a big political figure who knows many gay people and knows that's not possible, but you typical redneck fears just that, that his kids will become gay by simply reading that book.) It's ridiculous, but it's true, and what everyone else has been saying about how it's just because then it would become acceptable is also true. I read a book once on discrimination, and it talked about the different forms discrimination comes in, they were the regular ones (outright verbal, outright physical, hidden verbal, hidden physical["accidentally" bumping in the hallways]) and then there was one called devisualizing. It was when the "powers that be" forbid or ostracize any information about the object of discrimination, making them invisible. That leads to stuff like high schoolers thinking "gay" or "queer" means you wear yellow shirts on Thursday. Or that all gays were molested or raped, or had a bad experience with the opposite sex. Anyway, I digress...people are stupid and closed minded, the banning of gay books is the same train of thought as parents of gay kids saying s**t like "I know you're gay, but do you have to FLAUNT it?" being gay sucks, I know, we're just gonna hafta suck it up for a while. Every time gay marriage news came out, Kerry's poll no.s dropped 5 points.

w00T! *happy he lives in canada* yeah. if you make it invisible it doesn't exist. Isn't that the theory that a closet case's mind thinks? if i don't accept it, it doesn't exist. which just casues problems. just like every other suppressed feeling. If they suppress books with homosexual content. they should ban books with heterosexual content. a-sexual content even. you know what should happen a book rebllion. theres no point to baning books. if someone want to read it. they should read it. no reason to ban the book, it's gonna get read anyway. like J.k. Rowling. it's banned by the church. you're not alowed to read it inside a church. or even in a church camp. becasue it supports magic and fantasy. hereas Christianity tries to destroy wiccans. they should ban all things that ban books. 3nodding

Banning books is a very stupid thing to do. People try to get books banned so no one reads them, not just their children, and I think that an act like that should be punishable by law. That is a violation of my rights.


What's really funny is that my mother thinks she controls what I read, but what she doesn't know is that I have read many books on that list, and plan to read many more. rofl

I just wanted to pop into this thread and say how proud I am to see a thorough banned book list here! Good job and keep up the good work!

I was really happy to see this thread too. I've always liked looking at lists of banned books and authors and why they were banned. Some are just so ridiculous. A lot of these I've read or have on my to read list.

I know there's a Banned Book Day but I don't know what date. I remember seeing pins that said 'I read banned books.' I thought they were really neat. :3