Arkansas is one of four states that recently passed laws that make it easier to prosecute librarians over sexually explicit books. A group of public libraries is fighting back.
is inappropriate for children and part of the library’s effort to “draw them away from Christian values.”
Last year, residents of Craighead County, Arkansas, near the Missouri and Tennessee borders, mobilized to cut library funding, objecting to LGBTQ-themed books they considered inappropriate for the children’s sections. Adams proposed moving some books including nudity, like those about sex education, to a “Parent/Teacher” section, but that wasn’t enough to stop the concerned residents’ momentum. In November,
Most states have exemptions from prosecution for librarians who share obscene material with minors for legitimate or educational purposes,, and many states have similar exemptions for teachers, clergy, doctors or museum staff members. Conservatives in Arkansas have protested LGBTQ-themed books, such as those at the Saline County Library in Benton.
Sullivan countered that the point of the law is to stop children from accessing problematic material.
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