Fri Sep 22, 2023 – 4:12 pm EDT
CITRUS COUNTY, Florida (LifeSiteNews) – A Florida county opted not to renew financial support for the American Library Association (ALA) due to the organization’s far-left stances as recently highlighted by the ascent of a self-described Marxist to its leadership.
The Citrus County Chronicle reported that the Citrus County Commission voted not to reinstate for its 2023-2024 budget a $275 ALA membership fee. A Special Library Advisory Board previously recommended cutting ties with the organization due to recent controversial aspects of the ALA that have recently drawn attention, including its latest president Emily Drabinski, who has said it is “really important to me” that she is a “Marxist lesbian,” and its stance on children’s access to sexually explicit content.
The ALA’s Library Bill of Rights declares books and other materials in libraries “should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation” or “because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval” and that a “person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views,” without any means of restricting certain material on the basis of
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