Colorado Public Radio: A U.S. District Court Judge has dismissed a motion to end the legal proceedings in a lawsuit over book bans and removals in Colorado’s Elizabeth School District. The motion filed by the district just south of metro Denver this spring was another effort to keep 19 books — primarily by or about LGBTQ people, people of color, or both — out of school libraries. 

The fight began last December when the American Civil Liberties Union sued the 2,600-student district in federal court following the book’s removal from school shelves. The plaintiffs, including two students and a chapter of the NAACP, argued the bans were a violation of federal and state free speech protections. 

During legal proceedings, Dan Snowberger, the superintendent of schools at the district, maintained the books were removed for inappropriate content. They included titles like “The Kite Runner” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” 

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