Parents speak out against LGBT porn in the libraries
The list includes such nationally-challenged books as "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out," "Lawn Boy," and "This Book is Gay," as well as "Queer: the Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens," "Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)," and "Here's To Us," which are also full of hard-core LGBT smut.
Library Director Adam Chang, who received the list last month from Mike O'Connell of Floral City, said staff is currently reviewing the books and will determine whether to "remove, keep or move" them. That decision can then be appealed to the Library Advisory Board (LAB).
Over a dozen residents showed up at this week's LAB meeting to urge members to keep the books off the shelves.
"I was shocked at what I saw, talking about boys getting with boys and in full description. I can't even say it. I had to say a prayer after I read through it. This really messes up the mind," said April Wnuk of Hernando. "We as conscientious citizens need to protect our children. This is in the Young Adult section, which is from 12 to 18 years old. This is just so wrong. I ask you please to look into this and get this out of our libraries. This is not any content that our children should be reading."
A handful of LGBT activists showed up to defend the pornographic materials targeting children.
Gill Phelan of Lecanto called them out.
"You've let Satan into your heart, and it's obvious," he said. "What you're doing by giving access to these queer theory books and transgender garbage is you're hijacking our children's identity formation. You rope them in with the bright colors and rainbows and unicorns only to feed them perverted thoughts."
Ray Kalavsky of Inverness agreed.
"This kind of literature is nothing but a malignant evil, and these people, they're dedicated to this evil and they're committed to spreading it to every individual they can," Kalavsky said.
LAB member Edith Ramlow, who is also a librarian at the College of Central Florida, said the libraries shouldn't be making parents' job harder by making pornographic materials available to children.
"If they see these types of images, if they read about this type of imagery, then their brains are going to be different, and that's science," she said. "I empathize with parents today, and I really don't think the library needs to be adding to that burden."
Liberal County Commissioner Ruthie Schlabach, who is running for reelection this August against conservative challenger Janet Barek, has repeatedly falsely claimed that there are no pornographic materials in our libraries.
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