Tolerance wins in Texas! Watch Christians storm county meeting to censor LGBT books —

[TrueBlue]

Tolerance wins in Texas! Watch Christians storm county meeting to censor LGBT books — and fail
By David Edwards

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/tolerance-wins-in-texas-christians-county-censor-lgbt-books-fail/

"Religious conservatives descended on the Hood County Commissioners meeting in Texas on Tuesday demanding that LGBT books be censored or banned from the local public library, but ultimately lost out to those who argued for freedom of speech and tolerance."


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The County Commissioners said no deal to religious extremists wanting to outlaw Pro-LGBT books at the library. That was a good decision to have made. Had they listened to bigotry what could have been next? Remove all books dealing with interracial marriages? Or Pro-Immigration books? KUDOS to the Commissioners on their decision to retain the LGBT books. Thanks to Raw Story for this report.

[Chris]

Storm. LOL.

[PolWatch]

There is a simple solution to the question that doesn't include book burnings. Be a parent and know what your child is reading....don't send him off to the library and expect the library to instill your beliefs in your child.

If the issue of what your child reads concerns you then act like a parent and know what they are reading.

[Calypso Jones]

yet Christian bakers must bake pastry for homosexuals with a cheery face or face ruin.

somehow we have our priorities mixed up.

[Mister D]

WTF are LBGT books?

[Peter1469]

People, for tolerance's sake you need to add the Q to LGTB

[Mister D]

There is a simple solution to the question that doesn't include book burnings. Be a parent and know what your child is reading....don't send him off to the library and expect the library to instill your beliefs in your child.

If the issue of what your child reads concerns you then act like a parent and know what they are reading.

It's virtually impossible to monitor the influences on your children in contemporary society.

[Mac-7]

WTF are LBGT books?

They promote the joys of homosexuality.

[PolWatch]

It's virtually impossible to monitor the influences on your children in contemporary society.

This article was about a library and what books they have on the shelf. I don't agree with censorship. I don't believe its the library's responsibility to only provide books that everyone approves of. Its possible to go to the library with your children & monitor what they are reading. Some parents seem to think they can dump their children and expect others to fill the job of parent. Yes, children do encounter outside influences that are beyond a parent's control but this situation isn't one of them.

[Calypso Jones]

Libraries engage in censorship all the time. They make sure your children learn about every perversion but I'll bet they don't carry Limbaugh's Rush Revere, nor the Limbaugh letter but they carry dan savage's books and writings. Just like bookstores, they make the determination what goes on their shelves and what doesn't.

[Captain Obvious]

Rush Revere - :biglaugh:

It's in comedy/fiction

[domer76]

yet Christian bakers must bake pastry for homosexuals with a cheery face or face ruin.

somehow we have our priorities mixed up.

Nope. No cheery face necessary

[Captain Obvious]

WTF are LBGT books?

The philosophy that you can actually fit a square peg into a round hole

[Mister D]

This article was about a library and what books they have on the shelf. I don't agree with censorship. I don't believe its the library's responsibility to only provide books that everyone approves of. Its possible to go to the library with your children & monitor what they are reading. Some parents seem to think they can dump their children and expect others to fill the job of parent. Yes, children do encounter outside influences that are beyond a parent's control but this situation isn't one of them.

A library's responsibility is to the community it serves but I know local government terrifies you. We are all subject to a barrage of advertising and are manipulated at every turn. We can't even monitor the influences we're exposed to let alone our children. Now you would have it so that the local schools and libraries are not answerable to the community. Then you have unmitigated gall to tell these folks to act like parents.

[PolWatch]

A library's responsibility is to the community it serves but I know local government terrifies you. We are all subject to a barrage of advertising and are manipulated at every turn. We can't even monitor the influences we're exposed to let alone our children. Now you would have it so that the local schools and libraries are not answerable to the community. Then you have unmitigated gall to tell these folks to act like parents.

So you believe in censorship....I'm surprised. If you read the OP, the library was answerable to the community....and the community did not want censorship. You want to talk about the importance of religious teaching but also want to support the parents handing off that responsibility to others? If you want to talk about unmitigated gall, look in the mirror Mister D.

[Captain Obvious]

Libraries are obsolete

[Calypso Jones]

Rush Revere - :biglaugh:

It's in comedy/fiction

it's funny to imagine you capable of reading.

[PolWatch]

Libraries are obsolete

I don't think so. Our local library has a very strong reading program for children in addition to e-books, audiobooks and plain old paper books. It seems to be pretty successful....its always full.

[Captain Obvious]

it's funny to imagine you capable of reading.

Trash?

Nah, waste of time.

[Calypso Jones]

Libraries are obsolete

yes. they may very well be. except you can get free video rentals there. and porn. LOL I'm sure that's beneficial to some of the posters here. you mainly.

[Captain Obvious]

yes. they may very well be. except you can get free video rentals there. and porn. LOL I'm sure that's beneficial to some of the posters here. you mainly.

You can get free rentals and porn on the internet too.

Welcome to the 20th century, we have plumbing too if you didn't know.

[Calypso Jones]

I don't think so. Our local library has a very strong reading program for children in addition to e-books, audiobooks and plain old paper books. It seems to be pretty successful....its always full.


it may be the babysitting.

daddy can go out and get a stiff one while the librarian reads to little Susie.

or Susie's two daddies go to the librarys gender neutral restroom for a stiff one.

[PolWatch]

I usually see parents in the library with their children. They actually spend time with their children and even monitor what their children read. We call it responsible parenting around here.

[Peter1469]

Libraries are obsolete


Other than my 1L Legal Research and Writing course, I rarely went to the library at law school. Everything is on the Net. Of course we had Westlaw accounts.

Huge was of money to maintain libraries today.

[Captain Obvious]

Other than my 1L Legal Research and Writing course, I rarely went to the library at law school. Everything is on the Net. Of course we had Westlaw accounts.

Huge was of money to maintain libraries today.

I agree.

Schools have libraries adequate for kids, anything an adult would need is more easily gotten on the net.

[PolWatch]

Maybe we are different around here. Our library started in 1850 as a subscription library. It was established as a public library in 1902. The main branch has been in operation (in the same building) since 1928.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Mobile_Public_Library_2008.jpg/240px-Mobile_Public_Library_2008.jpg

[Peter1469]

Our local library is two blocks over one block up and I have only been there to vote. It actually looks cool on the inside.

[del]

It's virtually impossible to monitor the influences on your children in contemporary society.

do you have kids?

[zelmo1234]

Nope. No cheery face necessary

I would put so much exlax in I that it would take months for them to leave the house.

[PolWatch]

I enjoy going to the library. I read at least 2 or 3 books a week. I like audiobooks since I had eye surgery. I can't afford to buy that many books and I don't like e-books. I just go on-line & order books that sound good and go pick them up. It gives me access to the books in 10 branches.

[Peter1469]

I am sold on e-books for most things- other than travel books or map intensive books (ie history)

I have a kindle paperback and a kindle fire (the new HD one- it actually does great with movies. When I travel I have my HDML cable with USB adapter and it works great on the hotel TVs)

[zelmo1234]

One thing is for sure, I believe that they have the right to choose what book they have in there Library

And one of foundations that made many of the library's possible was Carnegie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Carnegie_libraries_in_the_United_States

[domer76]

I would put so much exlax in I that it would take months for them to leave the house.

Go to jail, go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Then, when you're out of jail, the mind-boggling civil suits.

I hope spite and bigotry would be worth that much to you. And your family.

[zelmo1234]

[QUOTE=domer76;1179377]Go to jail, go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Then, when you're out of jail, the mind-boggling civil suits.

I hope spite and bigotry would be worth that much to you. And your family.

No I don't think that today the would send you to jail for giving people the shits. and having a case of the runs? Hard to prove damages. guess a few rolls of TP would be worth it.. If you are incorporated that can't get to you anyway.

So I say if you want to force someone against their religion to bake you a cake? Then you have to ask yourself? do you really want to eat that cake?

[maineman]

It's virtually impossible to monitor the influences on your children in contemporary society.

that doesn't mean you wave a white flag and give up trying. I raised three children in contemporary society. One is a software developer. One is a high school music teacher and one is an Assistant District Attorney. They will ALL tell you their dad was constantly monitoring the things that were influencing them in their youth.

[domer76]

[QUOTE=domer76;1179377]Go to jail, go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Then, when you're out of jail, the mind-boggling civil suits.

I hope spite and bigotry would be worth that much to you. And your family.

No I don't think that today the would send you to jail for giving people the shits. and having a case of the runs? Hard to prove damages. guess a few rolls of TP would be worth it.. If you are incorporated that can't get to you anyway.

So I say if you want to force someone against their religion to bake you a cake? Then you have to ask yourself? do you really want to eat that cake?

The question isn't "do you really want to eat that cake", but rather why would you be such a spiteful asshole and risk everything to get even. Revenge can't be that sweet.

Incorporated or not, civil suits require 50+% proof. Easy to prove. Byebye business, byebye income. Criminal charges? Yep. Intentionally spiking someone's food to make them ill. Dehydration can kill. Assault charges are the first thing that come to mind.

[Safety]

So you believe in censorship....I'm surprised. If you read the OP, the library was answerable to the community....and the community did not want censorship. You want to talk about the importance of religious teaching but also want to support the parents handing off that responsibility to others? If you want to talk about unmitigated gall, look in the mirror Mister D.

Wait....don't tell me these are the same people who were just complaining about Amazon not selling Gone with the Wind and Confederate flags.

Now they want to censor books?

:rofl: