{"id":1989464,"date":"2023-08-03T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-leaders-of-13-conservative-groups-demand-states-abandon-american-library-association\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T12:22:43","slug":"exclusive-leaders-of-13-conservative-groups-demand-states-abandon-american-library-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-leaders-of-13-conservative-groups-demand-states-abandon-american-library-association\/","title":{"rendered":"13 conservative group leaders demand states abandon American Library Association."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fexclusive-leaders-of-13-conservative-groups-demand-states-abandon-american-library-association%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=1989464&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Conservative Leaders Call for States to Abandon the American Library Association<\/h2>\n<p>Leaders of more than a\u2063 dozen conservative organizations are calling on states to abandon the American Library Association\u200c (ALA) over the institution\u2019s leftward lurch under\u2062 new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2064Thursday, leaders from 13 conservative groups penned a letter addressed to\u200c \u201cThose With the Responsibility\u200d to Act\u201d\u200b demanding policymakers sever ties with \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-leaders-of-13-conservative-groups-demand-states-abandon-american-library-association\/\" title=\"13 conservative group leaders demand states abandon American Library Association.\">identity politics-obsessed library association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe American Library Association (ALA) has\u2064 become an organization that is undermining \u2063our country\u2019s Constitutional rights and attacking its moral foundation, especially under its current leadership,\u201d the coalition wrote \u2064\u201con behalf of\u2064 the millions of Americans that \u2063our groups\u200b represent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter \u200dwas signed by executives from\u200c the State Freedom Caucus Network, the American Principles Project, and AMAC \u200dAction, among others.<\/p>\n<p>In April last year, \u200dthe\u200c ALA elected a self-professed \u201cMarxist lesbian\u201d as the association\u2019s new president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200b just cannot believe that a Marxist lesbian\u200d who believes that \u200ccollective power is \u2062possible to build and can be wielded for a \u200dbetter world is the president-elect,\u201d Emily \u200bDrabinski wrote in a social media <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220424195119\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/edrabinski\/status\/1514305183429365767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> \u2062at the time. \u201cI am so excited\u2063 for what we will do together. Solidarity!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The association responsible for coordinating programs \u200dat \u2064local libraries across the country has\u200d become increasingly aggressive in its far-left activism under Drabinski\u2019s tenure. In April, The Daily Signal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/04\/26\/library-group-blames-book-challenges-on-anti-lgbt-prejudice-ignores-porn-charges\/#:~:text=The%20ALA%20encourages%20readers%20to,claimed%20to%20be%20sexually%20explicit.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> on a list of 13 books the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legislators-in-four-more-states-prepare-to-ditch-american-library-association\/\" title=\"Four more states' lawmakers ready to abandon American Library Association.\">association recommended teens<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-republicans-urge-state-libraries-to-ditch-american-library-association-after-it-promoted-porn-to-kids\/\" title=\"Idaho GOP urges libraries to sever ties with ALA over inappropriate content for children.\">young adults pick<\/a> up to radically express their \u201cfreedom to read.\u201d The ALA declared these 13 books to be the most \u201cchallenged\u201d in the current educational environment, blaming anti-LGBT prejudice. All the books\u200c on the list, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-firm-claims-wisconsin-school-district-violated-state-law-by-providing-students-with-sexually-explicit-books\/\" title=\"Law Firm Claims Wisconsin School District Violated State Law By Providing Students With \u2018Sexually Explicit\u2019 Books\">feature sexually explicit material<\/a>, some of which is\u200c pornographic.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation from the \u2064American Accountability Foundation, whose president is a signatory to \u200cthe Thursday letter, revealed \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExposingBiden\/status\/1684636870490120192?s=20\">links<\/a> between the Marxist-led organization and leftist billionaire financier George \u2064Soros. The ALA has also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExposingBiden\/status\/1684636872939630593?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promoted<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/libraries-respond-drag-queen-story-hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defended<\/a> \u201cDrag Queen Story Hour\u201d by offering resources to local libraries dealing with community pushback.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"5uoFJ7BzKJqMVO1wrWCkk2dGC3O7ha4PNwzmDgVK5A3jXR6rvGLxnPop9DeTSHyLdtM0g\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\uddf51\/ BREAKING: Our bombshell investigation into the American Library Association has revealed funding from George Soros,\u200d an agenda of drag queens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whose-children-are-they\/\" title=\"Whose Children Are They?\">sexually explicit lessons<\/a> for kids, and Critical Race Theory.\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>WARNING: Disturbing content. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pNJywW2gnX\">pic.twitter.com\/pNJywW2gnX<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2062ALA\u2019s deliberate hostility towards religious Americans and its obsession with the promotion of gender ideology to children are especially concerning,\u201d conservative leaders wrote, \u201cbecause\u200b of its de facto status as the umbrella organization that controls programming and organizational support for state, local, and religious library associations across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coalition called on state leaders, from legislators to attorneys general, to strip the\u2062 ALA of taxpayer support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ALA\u2019s ceaseless promotion of obscene materials targeted at\u200c children could run\u200d afoul of\u200d numerous state and federal laws that protect against the proliferation of harmful materials to minors,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers \u2062in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/21\/legislators-in-four-more-states-prepare-to-ditch-american-library-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nine states<\/a> have now signaled they are\u2063 preparing to sever the relationship between the ALA and their \u200blocal\u2063 library commissions. In July, Montana became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/07\/14\/montana-state-library-commission-cuts-ties-with-american-library-association-over-new-marxist-lesbian-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first<\/a> \u200d to follow through\u200b on\u2062 a measure to cut \u200cties between the\u2062 state \u200dlibrary commission and the 147-year-old umbrella association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress,\u201d the conservative leaders added,\u200d \u201chas a responsibility through the appropriations process\u201d to ensure the ALA receives\u2063 no\u200d federal support.<\/p>\n<p>The World Library\u200d Association (WLA) was\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/07\/24\/national-association-american-library-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched<\/a> in July as an alternative\u2063 to the ALA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2064WLA will foster safe environments for librarians, curate valuable reading \u200dmaterials for children, and maintain a public space that promotes\u200c information literacy and political neutrality,\u201d \u2063read an organization <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/World-Library-Association-DAN-V.1-7.20.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group has also pledged resources to help \u201cstand with parents in legal battles\u200c for defending their \u200cchildren in school libraries,\u201d including \u201cfinancial\u2062 support and active assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the letter from the \u200b13 conservative leaders here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"ALA Letter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/662727976\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-C3zkl84t2m147dxNrNyp\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\"><a title=\"View ALA Letter on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/662727976\/ALA-Letter#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALA \u200cLetter<\/a> by <a title=\"View The Federalist's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/274202084\/The-Federalist#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Federalist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a dozen conservative organizations urge states to cut ties with the American Library Association (ALA) due to its leftward shift under new leadership. 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