{"id":2256231,"date":"2024-05-30T21:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T01:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-group-launches-parent-led-effort-to-root-out-childrens-lgbt-books-from-libraries-ahead-of-pride-month\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T21:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T01:15:42","slug":"catholic-group-launches-parent-led-effort-to-root-out-childrens-lgbt-books-from-libraries-ahead-of-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-group-launches-parent-led-effort-to-root-out-childrens-lgbt-books-from-libraries-ahead-of-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Group Initiates Parent-Led Campaign Against LGBT Books in Libraries Before Pride Month"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcatholic-group-launches-parent-led-effort-to-root-out-childrens-lgbt-books-from-libraries-ahead-of-pride-month%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=2256231&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>A Catholic \u200dadvocacy group, CatholicVote, is leading a parent-driven campaign\u2063 to\u2062 remove LGBT books \u200dfrom libraries\u200c before Pride Month. They\u200b encourage families \u2063to \u200bvisit\u200d libraries, remove these \u2064books, and\u2063 send protest letters\u2063 to \u2062the library. The group aims to reclaim\u200d libraries \u200cfor children by protesting\u2062 against sexualized content and gender-related displays \u200cduring Pride\u200d Month. The Catholic advocacy group CatholicVote is spearheading a parent-led initiative \u2064to eliminate LGBT books \u2064from libraries ahead of Pride Month. They advocate for families visiting libraries\u2064 to remove \u200dsuch books and sending protest \u2063letters to ensure libraries are child-friendly, free from sexualized\u2062 and gender-related\u2064 content during the Pride Month \u2063festivities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the country\u2019s largest Catholic advocacy groups is launching an effort led by parents to root out progressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lgbtq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT<\/a> books aimed at children from libraries ahead of Pride Month, which begins Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>CatholicVote, a nonprofit focused on promoting Catholic values in public life, will debut its third annual \u201cHide The Pride\u201d campaign on June 1. The campaign urges parents to rid their local taxpayer-funded library\u2019s children\u2019s section of sexualized and gender-related books, especially those that are prominently displayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic libraries have long been a summer destination hangout where children and parents can go for free resources, books, computer access, and community. And as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">public spaces<\/a>, they should stay that way,\u201d CatholicVote wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cv-hide-the-pride-printable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">toolkit<\/a> for parents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u201cBut during \u2018Pride Month,\u2019 many libraries fill their children\u2019s sections with gay and trans books, images, and symbols \u2013 not to mention drag- queen story hours,\u201d the group continued. \u201cSo we are equipping you to fight back and reclaim your library for your kids. We are going to \u2018Hide the Pride.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The group is urging families to plan a library visit in early June where they go to the children\u2019s section, take all the \u201cPride Month\u201d books off the display shelves, check them out at the front desk, and go home and place the books on a shelf out of reach of children. The library books should be returned on time later, the group says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>One person should also be designated to film during the library visit in case library staff gives the group trouble, CatholicVote recommended.<\/p>\n<p>CatholicVote also provides a letter template for families to sign and send to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-lawmaker-proposes-bill-that-would-let-parents-ban-sexually-explicit-books-from-public-schools\/\" title=\"Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes Bill That Would Let Parents Ban Sexually Explicit Books From Public Schools\">local library<\/a> to protest the \u201cPride Month\u201d displays in the children\u2019s section. The group recommended gathering at least five or six people to sign the letter and delivering it to the library through either email or snail mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe plan to keep these books checked out until the library agrees to remove the inappropriate content from the shelves,\u201d the letter template reads. \u201cFlags, signs, and book displays based on how adults experience sexual attraction and gender identity have no place in an open and public space for children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Catholic Vote also urged parents to share their videos, photos, and stories to encourage others.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is always powerful to know you are not alone in this fight for the soul of our children,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<div>\u201cOur campaign is designed to empower communities to take back public spaces from the radical LGBT movement that seeks to destroy the innocence of our children, while coercing parents and citizens into endorsing the latest forms of sexual perversion,\u201d Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cNo child needs to see a graphic how-to manual on gay sex. Yet today we are told that this pornography must be proudly displayed in taxpayer-funded public libraries and foisted on our children,\u201d Burch said. \u201cAmericans are fed up with being told that they must surrender their children and public spaces to an aggressive LGBT agenda. Parents have every right to demand that libraries shield this gross content from their children and that basic standards of decency be respected.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Over the last few years, parents across the country have vocally opposed a slew of children\u2019s books dealing with gender ideology and sexuality \u2014 some containing pornographic content. Such books have popped up in libraries, particularly school libraries where children have access to them.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the books that have raised concerns among parents are \u201cGender Queer,\u201d a graphic novel with explicit sexual content, \u201cAll Boys Aren\u2019t Blue,\u201d which includes descriptions of anal sex and masturbation, \u201cI Love My Colorful Nails,\u201d about a boy whose classmates laugh at him when he paints his nails, \u201cHo\u2019onani: Hula Warrior\u201d about a Hawaiian girl who wants to lead the all-boys hula troupe at her school, and \u201cThe Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish\u201d by Lil Miss Hot Mess, a founder of Drag Queen Story Hour, which is a nursery rhyme book about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-crazy-examples-of-universities-spending-thousands-on-sex-weeks-and-drag-shows\/\" title=\"5 Crazy Examples Of Universities Spending Thousands On \u2018Sex Weeks\u2019 And \u2018Drag Shows\u2019\">drag shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major Catholic advocacy group is spearheading a parent-led initiative to remove LGBT children&#8217;s books from libraries before the start of Pride Month. CatholicVote, a nonprofit dedicated to upholding Catholic values in society, will kick off its &#8220;Hide The Pride&#8221; campaign in June<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2256232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-689842450.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-689842450.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256231","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\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}