The First Amendment was put into law first by our founding fathers because freedom of speech and freedom of the press, freedom of government from religious doctrine, and the rights of the people to think for themselves has always been a fundamental philosophy upon which our country broke away from monarchy. We have based our government and principles of laws, supposedly, upon the basic assumption that each of us has the right to think and speak freely without governmental control. When books are targeted for "labeling," or banning, or put behind closed doors for only a few select readers, that right is taken away from the majority. Who gives the power to read to a few people to make the decision about what I can or cannot read? What is "age appropriate?" I remember as a girl wanting to read science books and being told "are you sure you know what those big words mean, little girl?" Of course I knew what those words meant! That's why I wanted to read those books! Just because the adult didn't know what the words meant didn't mean that I shouldn't read those books. So what if a mind is disturbed by a book? That's what books are for, to give minds something to ponder and mull over. That's how people learn. Don't take that power and give it to anyone with an agenda.
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