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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2022 20:40:14 GMT
Mayor Gene McGee recently withheld a $110,000 payment to the Madison County Library System — roughly 5% of its yearly budget. When the library system’s director Tonja Johnson inquired about the money, she was told that McGee wouldn’t release it unless the system purged its shelves of all “homosexual materials.”
“He explained his opposition to what he called ‘homosexual materials’ in the library, that it went against his Christian beliefs, and that he would not release the money as the long as the materials were there,” the library director said. The director then explained to the mayor that the library system, as a public entity, was not a religious institution. “I explained that we are a public library and we serve the entire community. I told him our collection reflects the diversity of our community,” Johnson said. Apparently, the mayor was unmoved. “He told me that the library can serve whoever we wanted, but that he only serves the great Lord above,” she finished.
Let's just keep making the lives of the LGBTQ people miserable so as not to offend his all-powerful god's feelings.
Ah, the joys of living in Gilead.
ps - when are we going to be banning the bible in libraries for all the father f(#$*ing?
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Post by lucyg on Feb 3, 2022 21:03:58 GMT
I don’t see how that can be legal. Hopefully the aldermen (?? is that like a city council??) will correct the situation.
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Post by casii on Feb 3, 2022 21:08:39 GMT
I think what he's doing is illegal. Likely he's grandstanding for attention.
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Post by Merge on Feb 3, 2022 21:11:06 GMT
I think what he's doing is illegal. Likely he's grandstanding for attention. Probably getting ready to run for congress or something. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2022 21:11:10 GMT
Hopefully the aldermen (?? is that like a city council??) will correct the situation. I hope so too. How can people live in towns with this small-minded thinking? And what is it that he needs to ban to protect his god? " Based on the conversation she had with the mayor, Johnson explained that the targets of McGee’s demands are mostly books that touch on homosexual identities, themes and stories. The list includes books about incidentally queer family members such as children’s stories intended to provide representation to gay, lesbian and transgender individuals." - from above link Oh, so anything that might allow young LGBTQ+ people to see themselves in literature or allows others the ability to step into their shoes. He doesn’t want readers to gain an understanding of LGBTQ+ people. He doesn’t want to generate empathy. He wants LGBTQ+ people to feel there’s something wrong with them - like they did when McGee was a boy. He needs to create a fake problem before offering his demented beliefs as the "solution". |
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Post by dawnnikol on Feb 3, 2022 23:01:50 GMT
ps - when are we going to be banning the bible in libraries for all the father f(#$*ing? And that's just the tip of the iceberg.. Keep your fucking religion out of everyone else's business. But it doesn't work like that. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 3, 2022 23:35:20 GMT
Ah .... Do as I say, certainly not as I do.... Missouri man arrested... Man who urged schools to ban books with sexual content arrested for child molestation: report Bob Brigham February 03, 2022 Authorities in Missouri have arrested an anti-book activist. "A Gladstone man, who recently spoke in support of banning books from North Kansas City School District libraries that depicted sexual acts, is facing a felony charge of second-degree child molestation and a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree domestic assault," KMBC-TV reports. "Ryan Utterback, 29, is also facing a misdemeanor charge of furnishing pornographic material or attempting to furnish to a minor in a separate case." The network began investigating after sources said Utterback had spoken out against books in North Kansas City school libraries depicting sexual acts. The station found he spoke out in November and held a sign during an October school board hearing. "On Dec. 25, 2020, a family member of Utterback’s reported to police that their 11-year-old daughter had been molested by Utterback. ..... www.rawstory.com/ryan-utterback-arrested/ |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 0:06:42 GMT
Missouri man arrested... Man who urged schools to ban books with sexual content arrested for child molestationIt's almost comical at this point. Except it's disgusting. They run around telling other good people how to live by their antiquated f'ed up beliefs, but they don't live by them themselves. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 4, 2022 0:12:36 GMT
Whole lot of those on the other side....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 15:35:54 GMT
" The director then explained to the mayor that the library system, as a public entity, was not a religious institution. “I explained that we are a public library and we serve the entire community. I told him our collection reflects the diversity of our community,” Johnson said. Apparently, the mayor was unmoved. “He told me that the library can serve whoever we wanted, but that he only serves the great Lord above,” she finished. The lack of funds would significantly negatively the library’s services and even cause a likely lay off its employees, Johnson told local media outlets as the story spread. Undeterred by the mayor’s blatant homophobia and coupled with the ongoing battle to receive its promised funding, the library set up a crowd fundraiser through its ‘Ridgeland Friends of the Library,’ volunteers group. Initially the group set a modest goal of only a few thousand dollars with the posted message of; The Ridgeland Friends of the Library is a fundraising and support organization for the Madison County Library, especially the branch here in Ridgeland. We are welcoming donor support in this difficult and trying time for the library. If the Mayor doesn’t relent, the library will see its funding cut. We believe that the public library is for the entire public. Help us prepare for the worst and send a message that the library budget should not be held hostage to these un-American views. All donations will be used to benefit the library and the people it serves.” The response, however, was overwhelming. The group had then readjusted its goal upwards to $75,000.00 with an end date of Valentines Day, February 14 and as of Thursday, February 3, the group was within a few hundred dollars of reaching that goal with $74,380.00 raised." www.losangelesblade.com/2022/02/03/mississippi-library-defies-anti-lgbtq-mayor-holds-fundraising-campaign/If you feel like kicking in a few bucks of support: www.mclsms.org/get-involved/Friends-Groups/Madison-Friends-of-the-Library/13The library's statement on Freedom of Information: www.mclsms.org/article/Statement-on-Freedom-of-Information |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 15:50:11 GMT
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Post by lucyg on Feb 4, 2022 15:54:55 GMT
Sending money right this minute before I forget. Thank you!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 4, 2022 19:13:24 GMT
The board (mayor) will now say they gave their funding from the fundraising, they do not need the money from the city.
Fucking homophobic idiot.
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