Library officials, local gay leaders condemn effort, praise Pride for promoting inclusiveness, diversity, tolerance, intellectual freedom
Two protesters offended by a Pride exhibit at the Rancho Peñasquitos Library have checked out nearly all the books in the display and vowed to keep them until the library eliminates what they call “inappropriate content” for children.
“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,” Vance and Martin wrote in a June 15 email to Jones after checking out the books in the Pride display.
“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,” they wrote.
“What makes America great is our diversity, and that Pride display was a reminder of that diversity,” he said. “Sooner or later, their children will meet LGBT people. So they are going to be exposed eventually.” “Somebody needs to stand up for these kids,” he said. “Pushing these hyper-sexualized issues on them is wrong.”“I completely understand that parents make the decisions for their children,” she said. “But what if the children are LGBT and the parents don’t accept them?”
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