# Why are Christian Bookstores Allowed to Ban Books? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271 "2021-03-05T15:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 687
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271/687 "2021-03-12T00:37:04Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > One can’t entirely blame Sam for being confused there, because it seems pretty obvious to me that the NY Post article was deliberately trying to confuse its readers, which is typical for the Post. Only in the fourth paragraph do they briefly acknowledge that these cutoffs are for determining who gets actively recruited and have nothing to do with the actual admissions process. Yeah. Ironically, though, Sam returned to this thread in the first place because I queried his above reference to “under-represented Asian students” in a concurrent Pit thread about media bias, [in response to his declaration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-is-no-longer-journalism/937366/91) > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > If you know the bias of the writers, you can read both sides and figure out foryourself where the truth lies, assuming both sides are spinning. Spotting “where the truth lies” is apparently not always all that easy! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271)._