{"id":1768792,"date":"2022-12-09T08:18:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768792"},"modified":"2022-12-09T08:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:18:42","slug":"whether-banning-christians-or-pushing-drag-queens-public-library-radicals-are-calling-all-the-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whether-banning-christians-or-pushing-drag-queens-public-library-radicals-are-calling-all-the-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Whether Banning Christians Or Pushing Drag Queens, Public Library Radicals Are Calling All The Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fwhether-banning-christians-or-pushing-drag-queens-public-library-radicals-are-calling-all-the-shots%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=1768792&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>Conservative Christian author, Kirk Cameron, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/kirk-cameron-denied-story-hour-slot-public-libraries-faith-kids-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejected by roughly 50 public libraries<\/a> on the basis of his religious beliefs, according to information released by his publisher, Brave Books. The Rochambeau Public Library in Providence, Rhode Island, for instance, openly dismissed Cameron\u2019s request to share his new children\u2019s book, \u201cAs You Grow,\u201d saying, \u201cWe are a very queer-friendly library. Our messaging does not align.\u201d The City Heights\/Weingart Branch Library in San Diego, California, noted, \u201cBecause of how diverse our community is, I don\u2019t know how many people you would get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others simply rejected the request saying the program just wasn\u2019t something they were interested in. Indianapolis Public Library, for example, argued they had a strategic plan in place for their book reading events noting they are \u201creally looking at authors who are diverse. Authors of color. That\u2019s really been our focus.\u201d They continued stating they are focusing on racial equity after Cameron\u2019s publisher pointed out the Christian-themed book is itself diverse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cameron responded to the rejections by saying, \u201cPublicly funded libraries are green-lighting \u2018gender marker and name change clinics\u2019 while denying a story time that would involve the reading of a book that teaches biblical wisdom. How much more clear can it get?\u201d He is, of course, correct. The rejections received were extremely transparent as the issuers personally objected to the perceived message of Cameron\u2019s book and said no.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate reaction from many conservatives, naturally, is to recognize the stark contrast between LGBT-themed events at public libraries and the difficulty Cameron is having sharing his children\u2019s title. The San Diego library, for example, hosts many LGBT-themed events and organizes with LGBT organizations, including hosting a \u2018queer\u2019 book club. On its website, it states, \u201cTelling our stories, highlighting the rich diversity \u2026 Those themes that are so important of love, acceptance and inclusion and seeing yourself represented in the books that are reading.\u201d It is obvious those in charge of these libraries have an agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, is it fair to compare the two situations, arguing that if drag queen story hours are a problem in a publicly funded library, so are religious-themed events? The difference is in who is making the decision. For example, Republican Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/house.mo.gov\/billtracking\/bills201\/hlrbillspdf\/4634H.01I.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act,<\/a> HB 2044, designed to empower parental decision-making in the community toward public events. A Rasmussen report in November 2022 found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/lifestyle\/general_lifestyle\/november_2022\/most_parents_oppose_drag_queen_story_hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">60 percent<\/a> of American adults find \u201cdrag queen story hour\u201d inappropriate for children.<\/p>\n<p>There is a clear difference between members of the community (who financially support public libraries with their tax dollars) objecting to certain events being hosted by the library and the personal agenda of the individuals who manage the library dictating how the institution is run. Kirk Cameron cannot host an event because a select few running the library\u2019s day-to-day operations do not want his message to be heard. This is especially true in progressive-dominant areas where the distinction between professionals and activists is impossible to determine and they<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Cameron cannot host an event because a select few running the libraries&#8217; day-to-day operations do not want his message heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":1768795,"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":[546],"tags":[6492,4206,7072,7069,6919,5318,3799,7068,7071,7067,7070],"class_list":["post-1768792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-banning","tag-calling","tag-christians","tag-drag","tag-federalist","tag-library","tag-public","tag-pushing","tag-queens","tag-radicals","tag-shots"],"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\/1768792","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\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1768795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}