c/news · by Remillard@kbin.social · 3y

A Kansas town is threatening again to kick out the public library unless it removes LGBTQ+ books

https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-07-11/a-kansas-town-is-threatening-again-to-kick-out-the-public-library-unless-it-removes-lgbtq-books

Members of St. Marys five-person city commission, all of whom are members of an extreme Catholic religious sect, have threatened to pull the lease of the public library if they don't remove all LGBTQ+ and other "socially divisive" books from the shelves. Their efforts have drawn a warning from the ACLU of Kansas.

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DevCat@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 3y

"Socially divisive"? I can think of a book that's been divisive for about 2000 years.

lowdownfool@kbin.social · 20 pts · 3y (2 replies)

As a city commissioner, he feels it is his duty to remove transgender content — “garbage,” as he refers to it....“God doesn’t make mistakes,”

God doesn't make mistakes? Explain the need for the flood. Or the need for a human sacrifice on the cross.

decavolt@kbin.social · 22 pts · 3y

Or bone cancer in kids. Fuck that guy.

ripcord@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y

Or those insects who reproduce by boring into childrens' eyes and laying eggs.

PlainsKeeper316@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

St. Mary's is a dying town for a reason.