{"id":1766901,"date":"2022-12-07T19:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766901"},"modified":"2022-12-07T19:18:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:18:39","slug":"fundamentally-changing-the-values-of-america-kirk-cameron-talks-public-libraries-refusing-to-host-him-for-story-hour-over-faith-based-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fundamentally-changing-the-values-of-america-kirk-cameron-talks-public-libraries-refusing-to-host-him-for-story-hour-over-faith-based-childrens-book\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fundamentally Changing The Values Of America\u2019: Kirk Cameron Talks Public Libraries Refusing To Host Him For Story Hour Over Faith-Based Children\u2019s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffundamentally-changing-the-values-of-america-kirk-cameron-talks-public-libraries-refusing-to-host-him-for-story-hour-over-faith-based-childrens-book%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Kirk Cameron spoke with The Daily Wire about how public libraries that have hosted \u201cDrag Queen Story Hours\u201d are refusing to host him for readings of his new faith-based children\u2019s book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1955550298\/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2B1WJ6NAXG7WU&#038;keywords=as+you+grow+kirk+cameron&#038;qid=1670454851&#038;sprefix=As+You+Gro%2Caps%2C155&#038;sr=8-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As You Grow<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kirk-cameron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">52-year-old<\/a> actor said that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClooHvzJArK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As You Grow<\/a>,\u201d published by Brave Books, contains messages about \u201cpeace, love, joy, and kindness,\u201d and \u201cgrowing in wisdom through the seasons of life.\u201d He said he made it because the \u201ceducation of children is of primary importance\u201d with kids under the age of 10 being indoctrinated with things like gender identity and more.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron added that his book is \u201cPro-God and pro-family and Biblical values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he thought this message was being rejected by public libraries, Cameron said that the \u201cresponses from the libraries speak for themselves,\u201d referencing comments from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/kirk-cameron-denied-story-hour-slot-public-libraries-faith-kids-book?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&#038;utm_content=later-31553162&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=linkin.bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> article in which the libraries provided excuses such as, \u201cWe are a very queer-friendly library,\u201d \u201cOur messaging does not align,\u201d and \u201cBecause of how diverse our community is, I don\u2019t know how many people you would get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-54730\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey basically said that, \u2018We [libraries] are very inclusive, we have a community of very inclusive people,\u2019\u201d Cameron shared. \u201cThat\u2019s why I was wondering why they are excluding me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brave books said, \u201cAll of the libraries that we have contacted [about possible story hours or book programs for Kirk Cameron] have hosted LGBTQ+ story times with drag queens in the past.\u201d The publisher noted that Cameron hadn\u2019t been booked for a \u201csingle children\u2019s story hour at a public library in America,\u201d as previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/our-messaging-does-not-align-dozens-of-public-libraries-reportedly-reject-kirk-cameron-story-hour-over-faith-based-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, adding that more than 50 public libraries have either outright rejected him or not responded to requests on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLifemark\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">star<\/a> shared that \u201cthese are publicly funded libraries\u201d that aren\u2019t simply refusing to host him and instead having \u201cDrag Queen story hours,\u201d but also hosting \u201cname change clinics\u201d and gender fluidity programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy question is, if you\u2019re so committed to diversity, then why won\u2019t you let me use your facility to read my book in the same way that you let others read their books?\u201d he asked, stating that doing so was \u201cbreaking the law and the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t say yes to \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019 and then deny me or a pastor or a Sunday school teacher, based on religion that your views don\u2019t line up with, when we\u2019re talking about equal access in a public place,\u201d the \u201cGrowing Pains\u201d star continued.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron told The Daily Wire that one of the good things to come out of this was that \u201cevery hour, we\u2019re being flooded with emails from parents and librarians who are saying that they want to host their own Brave Book story hour for the part of the public that is being silenced in the public square.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then put out a call to \u201cevery Sunday school teacher and pastor\u201d to reach out to their local libraries to read their favorite book the same way others have. He said that if \u201cthey deny people to do that,\u201d it \u201cshows that this is not about inclusivity and diversity \u2026 [this is ] about fundamentally changing the values of America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Kirk Cameron spoke with The Daily Wire about how public libraries that have hosted \u201cDrag Queen Story Hours\u201d are refusing to host him for readings of his new faith-based children\u2019s book \u201cAs You Grow.\u201d The 52-year-old actor said that \u201cAs You Grow,\u201d published by Brave Books, contains messages about \u201cpeace, love, joy, and kindness,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1498792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}