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GULFPORT, Miss. Jan 11, 2005 — A library board reversed a ban on comedian Jon Stewart's best-selling satirical book, which it had passed because of its image of Supreme Court justices' faces superimposed on naked bodies.
The Jackson-George Regional Library System board of trustees was criticized by local residents and in e-mails from out of state after it banned "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" last month. The trustees had said they objected to the image.
But the board voted 5-2 Monday to lift the ban, and the book was returned to circulation in the system's eight libraries Tuesday. [...]
Robert Willits, the library system director, said ... [the] majority of the messages criticizing the move came from out of state.
"We got some absolutely nasty e-mails and telephone calls that you would not believe," Willits said.
"We were communists and fascists at the same time."
- associated press, "Libraries Put 'America' Back on Shelves," abc news january 11, 2005
posted January 11, 2005 in politics, print. 20022001