AG says locals have asked about LGBTQ+-themed story time

The haters of the LGBTQ+ community are normally Christian bigots using their religion as an excuse to attack and bully those they don’t like or agree with.   To these people just the existence of the LGBTQ+ people is a crime.   These bigots call just telling or letting kids know that LGBTQ+ people exist is sexualizing kids.  To these haters, just being LGBTQ+ is pornographic.  How stupid and silly. Just not being straight and cis is porn?  All nonesense just to attack the LGBTQ+ community.  Hugs


AG says locals have asked about LGBTQ+-themed story time

Published  1:12 pm

By: Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) — Missouri’s attorney general wrote to a local library board saying that “residents” have requested her office make sure that an LGBTQ+-themed story time is “conducted in a manner consistent with Missouri law.”

A library spokeswoman told ABC 17 News that the event is family friendly.

The letter was dated Thursday and released publicly by Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on social media platforms.

Hanaway, in her letter, reminded the Daniel Boone Regional Library that providing minors with pornography is illegal, as is displaying sexually explicit material in a public location. She also wrote that libraries jeopardize their state funding if they hold events that are not designated for the proper age group.

The letter is in response to the Columbia Public Library’s “Rainbow Story Time” event scheduled for 10 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the Children’s Program Room.

“Join us for a queer-led story time with an LGBTQ+ theme. We’ll share stories, sing songs and do an activity with time to meet new friends at the end,” the event description on the library website states. The page states the event is meant for families, toddlers and preschoolers.

Library spokeswoman Mitzi St. John wrote in an email that the 30-minute event includes readings of “Rainbowsaurus” and “Big Wig.”

“Neither include sexual content,” St. John wrote.

 

Over $84,000 Raised So Far For Tennessee Librarian Fired For Refusing To Remove LGBTQ-Themed Books

Over $84,000 Raised So Far For Tennessee Librarian Fired For Refusing To Remove LGBTQ-Themed Books

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports:

The library director who was fired for refusing to relocate LGBTQ children’s books has garnered substantial community support, with people donating over $84,000 to help her as she navigates the loss of her job. A GoFundMe launched by a community member says that the fundraiser for Luanne James is going “directly toward supporting her family’s basic living expenses during this time.”

James was the director of the Rutherford County Library until the board voted to fire her last week. The termination came after she refused to move 132 children’s books to another section of the library because the LGBTQ themes were deemed inappropriate for children. James said that she “had no choice” but to refuse the board’s request to move the books. She said that she believes librarians are being politicized and that “is not what we signed up for.”

Read the full article.

Check out the protest crowd in the video below!


 

 

 

I use this service and a couple others offered by my local library.

As our income shrank Ron and I found ourselves cutting back on buying books to read and movies to watch.   Then one day I read about how many libraries offer these things for free if you just sign up.  I was like what is the catch?  But Ron and I went to our local library, got new cards, and told them what we really wanted was the online stuff.  The person behind the desk was so excited to explain it to us.  They were happy even though we only wanted to online stuff.   Ron and I have watched movies, read a bunch of books including new ones, and it doesn’t cost us anything but time.   When Ron’s sister’s husband was in the hospital before he died he complained of being bored.  She set him up with a local library online account and he was happy while in the hospital.   If you have a family member who is a shut in please think of this for them.  I love it.   Hugs