Ealier this month, Heather Fletcher, a conservative school board candidate for the Frederick County Board of Education in Maryland, checked out all the books on the Pride display at the Brunswick Public Library to keep children from seeing them, gaining the ire of the LGTBQ community.
She said the displays made the library an unsafe space for children and asked the librarian to remove them. When they did not, she checked out all the books, removing them from view on her own.
The books were promptly restocked from the shelves, making Fletcher's actions a moot point.
So now, the conservative group CatholicVote has launched a movement called "Hide the Pride," which is a parent-led movement to remove all the LGBTQ books aimed at children from public libraries by checking all the material out during Pride month.
They say parents should then place the books out of reach at home, and return the books on time to the library.
The goal is just to remove the objectionable material while the libraries are using attractive displays to lure children into checking out the books.
They have a list of the 16 top offenders that "push eroticism, glorify LGBTQ identities, undermine parental rights, and are 100% contrary to the Church's teaching on love and sexuality."
They say these books can also be found on shelves, so it's important to check there too to keep the displays empty.
There is also a template of a letter that organized groups of parents can send their libraries after all the books have been removed.
It would be totally irresponsible for us to post said template in full for your use, so here it is 👇
To the Board,
As taxpayers in the city of ______________ and longtime library patrons, we are writing to protest the ‘Pride Month' display in the children's section of the __________________ Public Library.
To protect our children and the community, we have checked out the books in the pride display. We plan to keep these books checked out until the library agrees to remove the inappropriate content from the shelves.
Flags, 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.
We believe that minor children have the right to belong to a community that respects their innocence and allows families to have conversations about sex and sexual attraction privately, and only when parents deem it appropriate.
As parents, we should be able to bring our children to the public library without exposing them to displays of adult pride.
We ask you to immediately take down your "Pride Month" displays, starting with those placed in children's and young adults' sections.
It's time for the American public libraries to once again be a respectful space for young children to freely explore great ideas that unite and inspire us all, rather than places where controversial and divisive new ideological movements are given free rein to promote their theories and policy positions about sexuality to children without the consent or notification of parents.
Respectfully,
According to their website,
CatholicVote is a community of patriotic Americans who believe that the timeless truths of the Catholic faith are good for America. That's why we make it our mission to inspire every Catholic in America to live out the truths of our faith in public life.'
Living out faith in public life by protecting kids from sexual groomers? Extremist alert!
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