{"id":1990418,"date":"2023-08-03T23:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T03:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T23:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T03:19:51","slug":"alabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Library cancels Moms for Liberty and Kirk Cameron&#8217;s Faith-Filled Story Hour event due to overwhelming response."},"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\">34<\/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%2Falabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp%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=1990418&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>Conservative Story Hour Event Canceled After Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Two days after actor Kirk Cameron and former NCAA champion swimmer Riley Gaines announced that they\u2063 would be appearing at a faith-filled story hour hosted by the conservative political organization Moms for Liberty at the \u2063Madison County Public Library in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama<\/a>, the event\u200d was abruptly canceled after months of planning.<\/p>\n<p>Citing\u200b a \u2062capacity limit, the library\u2019s public relations director Jay \u200cHixon said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmcpl.org\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Moms%20for%20Liberty%20event%20exceeds%20capacity%20for%20Madison%20Public%20Library%208_3_23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> that the public space could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300 following the announcement from\u200d conservative influencers Cameron and Gaines, which also sparked threats from\u200b protestors about 80 miles \u200dsouth of Madison County.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But Moms for Liberty organizers Emily Jones and Elizabeth Stewart told The Daily Wire\u2064 they\u2019re \u200bnot buying the official narrative from the \u2063200-year-old countywide \u2062library system and the Madison City Police Department.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Organizers Question Official\u200b Explanation<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt was a directive on how\u200d to manage our group and not the \u2062protesters,\u201d Jones, the organization\u2019s Madison County\u200c chapter chair, said. \u201cTo me, that\u2062 just indicates\u200c that \u2064 [the police chief] is not interested in making\u200c this\u200d event \u2064go well. He wants it to\u200d go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two months\u2063 ago, Jones said the grassroots parent group that advocates against school curricula teaching identity politics\u200c to children \u2014 including LGBT rights and Critical Race Theory \u2014 received notice from BRAVE\u2064 Books publishing company looking to hold a \u2064story hour event in the\u200b southern state during its \u201cSee You \u200bat the Library\u201d national tour taking place in nearly 300 libraries and 45 states across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The event is led by Cameron, star of the 1980s sitcom \u201cGrowing Pains,\u201d to \u2064allow conservative Christian families to\u2062 meet at public libraries around the country on August 5 as\u2063 an alternative to controversial children\u2019s drag\u2062 queen events, the \u2063company \u2062said on X.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron and Gaines were not originally scheduled\u200b to appear at the Madison\u2063 County event. But of the many locations booked on the tour, Jones said she received a separate email earlier this \u2064week stating that\u2063 the two national conservative celebrities planned to\u2064 attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2062 freaked out on Elizabeth and shouted\u2064 and kind of did a happy dance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The organization and Cameron shared the news on social media, drawing more attention\u2063 to the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe response was overwhelming,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>As more people began expressing interest in attending, Jones\u2064 said the library reached\u200c out and asked\u2063 if the organizers needed additional space to \u2062hold a bigger crowd. They initially declined, suggesting holding the event outside. However, after local law enforcement confirmed threats of protests from\u200c a\u2063 group out \u2063of Birmingham, they were advised\u2064 to move the event to a private location. \u200bBut the organization stayed firm on its position to still hold the event in \u2064the \u2062public space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is intended \u2062to be at a library and put traditional values back \u2063into the library, so we\u2019re sticking there,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>After several exchanges, the library ultimately said they \u200cwould no longer support the event out of safety concerns and suggested finding a new location without providing other alternative solutions, including directing library staff to operate on a suggested first-come, first-serve basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy personal opinion is they really don\u2019t want this event to happen,\u201d Stewart, the communications lead for the organization\u2019s first and largest chapter in North\u200c Alabama, said.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart said the group has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-committee-concerned-about-covert-post-office-surveillance-program\/\" title=\"Congressional Committee Concerned About Covert Post Office Surveillance Program\">monitoring social media accounts<\/a> on \u200dTikTok and Reddit threads of far-left \u200cprotesters who \u200dplanned to \u200btravel to Madison and hold protests outside the story hour event. Some have indicated they would display banned books in the parking lot, while \u200bothers suggested they would show up dressed\u200c in drag\u2063 attire in front of the children.<\/p>\n<p>When tour organizers first approached Moms \u200cfor Liberty to host the children\u2019s event, Jones said\u200d they were reluctant due to other obligations. But after a couple of weeks, she said God\u2062 put it on her heart to move forward with the event in the\u200d wake \u200bof drag queen story events popping up nationwide in\u200d recent years, including at the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymuskokanow.com\/92605\/news\/drag-queen-story-time-a-success-for-huntsville-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madison County Public \u2062Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have family-friendly drag shows 20 minutes from my house,\u201d\u2064 she said. \u201cWe have\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-friendly-florida-pride-event-features-dildo-ring-toss\/\" title=\"\u201cFamily-Friendly\u201d Florida Pride Event Features \u201cDildo Ring Toss\u201d\">kid drag shows<\/a>, meaning\u2063 kids are dressing in drag on full display \u2014 and\u2063 I think \u200cthat God put \u2064this in front of us because he hears the\u200b cry of our \u2064community, our churches,\u200c and our leaders to step up \u2062and \u200bpush back on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think God did the \u200cnext best thing and turned to the moms and said, \u2018Make it happen,&#8217;\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>BRAVE Books recently obtained evidence that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association (ALA) has allegedly been guiding libraries\u200d nationwide to thwart \u200cconservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries. \u2064According to the publishing company, a director with the national association\u200b suggested how libraries could block public\u200b meeting rooms from events like Cameron\u2019s tour to use under \u2064the pretext of the space already being taken for other activities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 1\/ BREAKING:\u2062 We have obtained exclusive evidence that the\u2064 taxpayer-funded\u2063 American Library\u2063 Association <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALALibrary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ALALibrary<\/a> is\u2062 circulating guidance to sabotage conservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries on August\u2063 5th. \u2063One ALA director gave suggestions on\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iBqwIChNhJ\">pic.twitter.com\/iBqwIChNhJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BRAVE BOOKS (@BraveBooksUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraveBooksUS\/status\/1673326562035265537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the company\u200b posted the leaked recordings on social media, Republican Senator Kevin\u200d Cramer (R-ND) joined \u2064Senators \u200cMarco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Braun \u200c(R-IN) in demanding an investigation into ALA\u2019s alleged\u200b religious discrimination against BRAVE Books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the contrary, the\u2062 ALA \u200cis advancing a\u2064 political agenda, not Brave Books. Further, the ALA is doing so\u200d while receiving federal funds and actively promoting hotly contested\u200d events in \u2064public libraries, including \u2018Drag \u200cQueen Story Hours\u2019 \u2013 events aimed at having\u200d scantily\u200b and\/or exotically clothed\u200c adults read to children with the goal of introducing them to sexualized topics. The ALA has an entire page dedicated to \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour,\u2019 which includes a program session labeled \u2018Reading Fabulously,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cramer.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sen-cramer-colleagues-demand-investigation-into-alas-religious-discrimination-against-brave-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> the senators.<\/p>\n<p>First\u2064 Liberty Institute, the law firm representing Cameron\u2064 and Brave Books, sent a letter to the U.S. Institute of \u200bMuseum and Library Services\u2062 in Washington, D.C., asking the \u200dfederal agency to \u201copen \u200dan \u200binvestigation into whether the American Library Association \u2064has violated federal law\u200c protecting religious\u200b liberty and failed to comply with the assurances of nondiscrimination required as a federal grant recipient,\u201d according to T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/kirk-cameron-seeks-investigation-of-american-library-association.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he Christian Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An ALA \u200bspokesperson\u2062 told the outlet, \u201cPublicly\u200b funded libraries are not obligated to provide meeting room space \u2064to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf libraries choose \u2063to do so, such spaces are considered designated public forums, and legal precedent holds that libraries may not exclude any group based on the subject matter to be discussed or the ideas for which the group advocates,\u201d the spokesperson continued, adding \u2064the association has been \u201cvery \u200cclear that, just like all other policies, library policies regarding meeting rooms should not be prejudicial or discriminatory\u201d and\u2063 should follow what it considers \u201ca reasonable content and viewpoint\u200b policy\u201d that protects \u200dlibrary users and staff from \u201charassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[R]ather, \u200bthey must be inclusive and follow a\u200b reasonable content and viewpoint policy that benefits all members, as well as \u200c\u2018user behavior policies that protect library users and staff from harassment, while maintaining their historic\u200c support for the freedom of speech,&#8217;\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cAny statement or \u2064suggestion that\u2064 ALA has advised \u200dotherwise is incorrect and intentionally misleading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First Liberty attorney \u2064Jeremy Dys, who is representing\u200d the Alabama Moms for Liberty chapter, called \u200bthe cancellation an \u201cunconstitutional religious discrimination\u201d in a letter to\u2064 the Huntsville-Madison County\u200d Libraries, adding that if Madison County Public Library continues to refuse space for\u2064 the event, attorneys are \u201cprepared\u200c to\u2062 vindicate this violation of our client\u2019s civil rights in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But for parents nationwide, such as Jones \u2063and Stewart, who observe foundational institutions exiling Christian \u2064conservatives out of the \u200dpublic \u2063square while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp\/\" title=\"Alabama Library cancels Moms for Liberty and Kirk Cameron's Faith-Filled Story Hour event due to overwhelming response.\">openly embracing \u201cevil societal norms\u201d taking precedence<\/a> in the United States, they are more\u2063 encouraged than\u2064 ever\u2062 to take their fight on a national level and bring \u200crevival back into \u2064our communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis does not\u2064 go away with one story\u2062 hour,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThis\u2062 is a\u200b generational fight for the safety\u2064 and welfare of our \u2063children, and we\u2019ve got to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-start-acting-now-on-reparations-admin-supports-free-college-tuition-to-historically-black-colleges-wh-adviser\/\" title=\"Biden \u2018To Start Acting Now\u2019 On Reparations, Admin Supports Free College Tuition To Historically Black Colleges: WH Adviser\">start taking action<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days after Kirk Cameron and Riley Gaines were set to appear at a faith-filled story hour hosted by Moms for Liberty, the event at Madison County Public Library in Alabama was unexpectedly canceled due to capacity restrictions. 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