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Michigan library defunded over LGBTQ books hopes to keep doors open

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A west-Michigan library defunded over LGBTQ themed books is hoping to be able to keep its doors open.

The Patmos Library in Jamestown Township will ask voters to approve a millage that provides 84 percent of the library’s $250,000 budget.

According to Bridge Michigan, this is the third time asking, and that vote will take place on November 7.

Similar requests have failed twice in the community after some residents were unhappy with the several graphic LGBTQ-themed novels in the young adult section of the library.

The difference this time is that the library board has voted to add labels inside the cover of all books, giving them a brief overview of the subject matter as provided by the Library of Congress of book-selling websites.

They will not offer warnings, though the descriptions could offer clues about the content in the books.

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1 comment

Charles U Farley August 11, 2023 at 9:18 am

Get woke, go broke… Especially on public tax dollars.

If the library administrators are so certain there is such an appetite for that material, they could just open a bookstore that caters to that segment and rake in the money. There’s no demand though, so they can’t do that, and are now just asking for more tax dollars to push their agenda.

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