The American Library Association’s time is finally up. It has been sexualizing children's reading selection for years, and it's time to pull the plug.
with no clear political agenda. But that was then. In recent years, the ALA’s traditional mission has been co-opted by radical leadership. During theLove and marriage at the Academy Awardsworth a thousand words for “explicit material” and “graphic content,” and yet they are on the ALA’s recommended reading list.
Selling sex to minors, the ALA’s modus operandi is to Side note: No one is trying to ban books; the question is time and place. These titles are so inappropriate that they Story Hour” program and other sexually alternative initiatives to children on the federal taxpayers’ dime. That’s it: Congress isn’t trying to criticize librarians or discourage reading; the goal is to This shouldn’t be a political issue. Do Americans really believe that the ALA should show dildos to children? Should the ALA sponsor drag shows for children? Or should the ALA promote quality books for educational purposes?, and parents across the United States face similar wrath on a daily basis. On its website, the ALA actually “tool kits” on how to fight parents and parental groups that try to stop drag queens from “teaching” children. And now, members of Congress are facing the same wrath for picking parents over politics. In 2026, if it is “controversial” for a library association to stop recommending porn or using drag queens to tell children’s stories, something is fundamentally broken beyond repair. The ALA is a sex-obsessed problem with no solution. The only fix is to defund the organization and delegate its responsibilities elsewhere. If the ALA is so valuable to American society, it should be able to raise money on its own — without taxpayers like you or me footing the bill.are still available on Amazon.com. But they should not be in elementary school or the children’s section of a library. Period. If that is a “controversy,” any and all federal funding of the ALA should cease immediately. And there is already a viable alternative: The , a federal agency that can recommend quality reading, accredit schools and libraries, and issue basic educational guidelines. The IMLS has been around since 1996, and it can serve as a nonpartisan voice that doesn’t shout sex from the rooftops.Even as a longtime critic of the ALA, I wish that the U.S.’s education crisis wasn’t so critical. With U.S. reading scores at an , radical leaders such as Helmick still refuse to operate in good faith. They don’t have our children’s best interests at heart, and their obsession with a sexual revolution shouldn’t be rewarded with taxpayer funds or unchecked power as supposed education advocates. It is time to defund the American Library Association and delegate its authority to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Enough is enough. educational services. He is also the executive director of the World Library Association, an alternative to the American Library Association.Energy and Environment
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