{"id":1946423,"date":"2023-06-14T04:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-parents-call-to-defund-public-library-over-pornographic-childrens-books-at-county-board-meeting\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T04:38:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:38:50","slug":"virginia-parents-call-to-defund-public-library-over-pornographic-childrens-books-at-county-board-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-parents-call-to-defund-public-library-over-pornographic-childrens-books-at-county-board-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia parents demand defunding of public library due to &#8216;pornographic&#8217; children&#8217;s books."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fvirginia-parents-call-to-defund-public-library-over-pornographic-childrens-books-at-county-board-meeting%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=1946423&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--><h2>Catholic Parents Protest &#8220;Pornographic&#8221; Children&#8217;s Books in Virginia Library<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of Catholic parents and concerned citizens packed into a Warren County, Virginia Board of Supervisors meeting last week to protest dozens of children\u2019s books in the Front Royal public library they say contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-horrific-psaki-says-not-teaching-5-year-olds-about-gender-identity-is-a-form-of-bullying\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s Horrific\u2019: Psaki Says Not Teaching 5-Year-Olds About Gender Identity Is \u2018A Form Of Bullying\u2019\">inappropriate sexual content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three dozen speakers called for defunding the Samuels Public Library in Front Royal if a list of 34 \u201cpornographic\u201d children\u2019s books remain on the shelves.<\/p>\n<h3>Parents Speak Out<\/h3>\n<p>Many parents from the area\u2019s robust Catholic community spoke during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hot-mic-all-trustees-of-school-board-resign-after-mocking-parents-wanting-schools-reopened\/\" title=\"HOT MIC: All Trustees Of School Board Resign After Mocking Parents Wanting Schools Reopened\">public comment portion<\/a> of the June 6 board meeting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A mom who just had her first baby says she will be going to libraries soon with her child.<\/p>\n<p>She calls for removing the sexually explicit children&#8217;s books from the Front Royal library. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JCQ9rvWEND\">pic.twitter.com\/JCQ9rvWEND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnsonHildy\/status\/1668720745474670595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A mom told the board that \u201csexually explicit content read during the wrong stage of development can do so much damage to a child\u2019s psyche.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if you have children, but raising a family takes a village. The library should not be the enemy of the family, but its ally,\u201d the mom said.<\/p>\n<p>An older man who spoke at the meeting called the content of the controversial books \u201cdisgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just about what we allow our own children to see and read and experience,\u201d the man said. \u201cThe\u00a0stuff that goes into the culture is an effluent that affects everybody. You wouldn\u2019t let people put the poison in the river or into our air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One local Catholic father sarcastically asked the board to increase the library\u2019s funding with \u201cthe goal of finding more artistic depictions of human sexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure we can find pop-up books that we can put in the younger sections to get them started earlier,\u201d the father said.<\/p>\n<p>Some speakers disagreed and called for continuing to fund the library with the controversial books still on the shelves.<\/p>\n<h3>Library Under Review<\/h3>\n<p>The director of Samuels Public Library, Michelle Ross, said some of the books on the Clean Up Samuels list are currently under review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 134 titles under review, some are on the list and some are not,\u201d Ross told The Daily Wire in an email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe options for Reconsideration are to retain, relocate, or remove the material in question,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Board of Supervisors did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<h3>Clean Up Samuels<\/h3>\n<p>A group called Clean Up Samuels, a grassroots coalition of concerned parents and residents, first brought attention to the 34 children\u2019s books the group says are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\/\" title=\"\u2018Deplorable And Predatory Behavior\u2019: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly Sexually Harassed 14-Year-Old Boy\">sexually inappropriate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their list of objectionable books includes \u201cIt\u2019s Perfectly Normal,\u201d This Book Is Gay,\u201d \u201cThis Is Why They Hate Us,\u201d \u201cTwo Boys Kissing,\u201d \u201cShe Gets The Girl,\u201d \u201cThey Both Die At The End,\u201d and \u201cAnatomy Of A Single Girl,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>The group has three demands \u2014 first, remove the pornographic books in the children\u2019s section, second, cut ties with the American Library Association and change library policy to acquire only age-appropriate materials (including accountability for library personnel who violate the policy), and third, replace the current library leadership, who have \u201cviolated public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is vital that we do not allow our children to be indoctrinated through publicly funded pornography under the guise of education,\u201d Thomas Hinnant, a representative for Clean Up Samuels, told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo adult who threatens the innocence of children should be allowed to work around children or in our library ever again,\u201d Clean Up Samuels says on its website. \u201cWe stress that this is not about banning books, but rather an assertion of our rights as taxpayers. Anyone interested in these books can purchase them with their personal funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group said it is \u201cdeeply heartened\u201d by how the board meeting went.<\/p>\n<p>Front Royal is home to Christendom College, a tiny Catholic liberal arts school. Many graduates stay in the area and start families. The town is also the headquarters of Seton Home Study School, a Catholic-accredited homeschool distance school that enrolls thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democrats-call-homeschoolers-lazy-while-voting-to-keep-them-from-public-services\/\" title=\"Virginia Democrats Call Homeschoolers Lazy While Voting To Keep Them From Public Services\">homeschool students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One local Catholic mother, a Christendom graduate who is expecting her first child and attended the board meeting, told The Daily Wire that \u201cthe first priority is to get rid of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-parents-call-to-defund-public-library-over-pornographic-childrens-books-at-county-board-meeting\/\" title=\"Virginia parents demand defunding of public library due to 'pornographic' children's books.\">graphic \u2018sex-ed\u2019 books<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people argue that parents should be watching their kids every moment, but kids are curious and can pick up a book quickly and see things they are too young to see,\u201d the mom said.<\/p>\n<p>Colleen DeLaFleur, a mom who spoke at the meeting, told The Daily Wire that it is \u201cappropriate\u201d for public institutions to place age restrictions on developmentally inappropriate things, as they do for alcohol, cigarettes, and R-rated movies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly, however, I\u2019m being called a Nazi for not wanting pornographic content for my child to stumble across in our taxpayer funded library. How did we get here?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is a moment in history where we need to wake up, stand up, and protect our children who deserve to have at least a few years of innocence before attempting to navigate our increasingly confusing culture,\u201d DeLaFleur said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic parents and others protested against children&#8217;s books with inappropriate sexual content in the Front Royal public library. 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