Arguments Against Banning Books

Banning Books is completely disappointing. My opinion on banning books is that I’m against it. There are three statements I have to claim for being against banning books. Parents have the control of the kid, affects the 1st amendment (freedom of religion), and learning from a reliable source instead of a made up one from friends. In addition, parents are the legal guardians of the child so they have the right to make their kid read or not read the book. The kids look up to their parents, so if the parents tell them what is right and what is wrong then they should listen and follow it. According to Source 2, the mother of a Muslim child did not want her son reading books about Christmas or other Christian holiday’s. The son was in high school and the parent was asking the teacher to ban him from reading those books. “I told the parent that I can’t

Religious books could talk about things they shouldn’t know about but it still helps with their culture. Also banning books is affected by “freedom of speech and choice which is blocked by the 1st amendment” (Source 5). The author can’t get their opinion on their book. Freedom of choice is also blocking banning books because, people get to choose which book to read. For example a 13 year-old should be reading a 16 year-old book if they want to learn something that will help them succeed in life. Although banning books is a good thing to do, because you don’t want to expose bad things to kids, they also don’t have to learn or fear bad issues at a younger age. However kids will either way get exposed to bad issues, they can learn from a reliable source instead of made-up information, and according to Source 2, we need to educate kids because banning books takes that ability away from them. I still believe that banning books isn’t a good idea because the government should not tell us which book to read. Either are parents or ourselves should make the