9NEWS: Republican leaders are calling for a prosecutor to enforce obscenity laws to remove hundreds of books from schools in the Colorado Springs area. 

The conservative advocacy group Take Back District 20 called the inclusion of the books in school libraries “clear criminal activity.” 

While attempts to ban books are ongoing in several Colorado school districts, the call for a criminal investigation and possible charges marks a turn in the culture war issue championed by Republicans. 

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