{"id":1992548,"date":"2023-08-06T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T20:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/library-cancels-kirk-camerons-faith-based-event-scrambles-to-reverse-course-after-realizing-what-would-happen-next\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T16:11:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T20:11:41","slug":"library-cancels-kirk-camerons-faith-based-event-scrambles-to-reverse-course-after-realizing-what-would-happen-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/library-cancels-kirk-camerons-faith-based-event-scrambles-to-reverse-course-after-realizing-what-would-happen-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Library cancels Kirk Cameron&#8217;s event, quickly backtracks upon realizing consequences."},"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%2Flibrary-cancels-kirk-camerons-faith-based-event-scrambles-to-reverse-course-after-realizing-what-would-happen-next%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=1992548&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>A\u2062 Victory for Conservative Actor Kirk Cameron<\/h2>\n<p>A dispute between\u2062 a public \u200blibrary and conservative actor Kirk Cameron has come to a satisfying conclusion \u2062for Cameron and his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>The Madison Public Library in Huntsville, Alabama, had initially planned to host a &#8220;See You at the Library&#8221; event featuring Cameron and publisher Brave Books. The \u200bevent aimed to promote free speech in libraries and schools, but it was later canceled by the library due to &#8220;security concerns&#8221; and &#8220;concerns over capacity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chase-bank-allegedly-shutters-bank-account-of-religious-freedom-nonprofit-demanded-donor-list\/\" title=\"Chase Bank Allegedly Shutters Bank Account of Religious Freedom Nonprofit - Demanded Donor List\">religious freedom nonprofit<\/a> First Liberty stepped in and \u200bsent a letter to the library, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-ags-threaten-legal-action-against-biden-admin-push-for-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" title=\"State AGs Threaten Legal Action Against Biden Admin Push for Taxpayer-Funded Abortion\">threatening legal action<\/a> if the event was not rescheduled. First Liberty \u2062demanded that the library allow Cameron and Brave Books to utilize their space for the event.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving the letter, the Madison\u200c Public Library quickly reversed its decision. According to Fox News, the library agreed to \u200chost Cameron, the Brave Books team, and conservative activist Riley Gaines.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200d Huntsville-Madison County Public Library has agreed \u2062with event coordinators, Moms for Liberty, to accommodate their planned meeting on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at the Madison Library with a limit of 225 attendees,&#8221; the library stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lawyers from First Liberty expressed\u200d their joy at the news. Ryan Gardner, counsel for First\u200b Liberty, said, &#8220;We are thrilled that Brave Books, Kirk, and\u200b Riley\u2064 will be able to host the book reading tomorrow as was previously scheduled. Our nation&#8217;s libraries \u2064should be \u200dwelcoming to messages of hope\u2062 and encouragement like that of Kirk and Riley.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This victory is not only significant for \u2062conservatives \u200bbut also for the protection of free speech under \u200dthe First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is disheartening to realize that conservatives often require legal assistance to exercise their right to speak freely and hold events in public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the library&#8217;s security and capacity concerns seem questionable, considering their swift accommodation of\u2063 the event after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-athletes-denounce-biden-executive-order-on-gender-identity\/\" title=\"Female athletes denounce Biden executive order on gender identity\">facing legal action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2064worth noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/library-cancels-kirk-camerons-faith-based-event-scrambles-to-reverse-course-after-realizing-what-would-happen-next\/\" title=\"Library cancels Kirk Cameron's event, quickly backtracks upon realizing consequences.\">drag queens rarely encounter<\/a> \u2064such obstacles when seeking permission to read \u200dto children at public libraries, even though these events often face protests from conservative activists.<\/p>\n<p>Why do libraries have the resources to support those events\u2062 but not conservative speakers?<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2064 deeply troubling that space is readily given to drag queens promoting transgenderism to \u200cchildren, while conservative activists are met with barriers when attempting to host their own \u2062events.<\/p>\n<p>This situation reveals the true priorities of these libraries. They\u2062 appear \u2062more interested in pushing leftist ideology\u200c onto children than fostering an open exchange of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/library-cancels-kirk-camerons-faith-based-event-scrambles-reverse-course-realizing-happen-next\/\">Library Cancels Kirk \u200dCameron&#8217;s Faith-Based Event, Scrambles to Reverse Course After Realizing What Would Happen Next<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conservative actor&#8217;s dispute with a public library has resulted in victory for the actor. The Madison Public Library in Huntsville, Alabama, was set to host an event with Kirk Cameron and Brve Books. However, the library backed down following pressure from the religious freedom nonprofit First Liberty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2016,"featured_media":1992549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1992548","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\/2016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}