Should state cut off funding to book banners? Local librarians weigh in – Champaign News-Gazette

Said Faye Jones, of the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Memorial Law Library at the University of Illinois, “Local control by the library board and director with input by library users is a much more effective way to shape collection decisions. As voters, we choose local library trustees so we all can participate in shaping our local library’s policies and services. I’d hate to see local control diminished.”
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Pat S.
3 years ago

Interesting. Instead of supporting topic-appropriate reading for children, the left shouts ‘book banning.’

I visited the children’s section of local library and was more than shocked at the display of featured books: gender ideology, gay/lesbian story lines, transitioning, drag queens – interesting reading for mature readers, but kids?

The last bastion of age-appropriate information, the public library, is pushing porn on children.

Sad what is being pushed on our nation’s children.

debtsor
3 years ago

Ghey porn must be allowed! You’re a bigot if you object!

The Doctor
3 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

Too bad Playboy and Penthouse were not available at the library when I was young.

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