perhaps what isn't being grasped here is that the book banning is being done in the name of the bible, either directly (because the books insult/go against the bible) or indirectly (they promote lifestyles that go against the bible, per the book-banners).
- "in order to promote (i.e. enforce) a christian lifestyle, we've established rules to ban books."
- "ok, we're going to use your banning rules to ban the foundation of your lifestyle: the bible"
- "uh, that's not what we had in mind..."
yes, the impact will be minimal. kids aren't flocking to libraries to check out a copy of King James. but the symbolism of getting the bible banned by the fundamentalists' own rules? priceless.
