Lost Rhapsody, by Robert Montjoy
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Oklahoma City Libraries To Move Books On Gay Families
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Nine months after state lawmakers called on publicly funded libraries to remove books on gay families Oklahoma City's 's Metropolitan Library Commission has voted to move the books to a separate section available only to adults.
The LGBT-themed books are geared to children's reading levels - from just learning to read to about age 12.
The new section will be called the "parenting collection" and lumps books on gay families and growing up gay with books on child abuse, domestic violence and substance abuse.
Well, the public supported it, right?
Eight citizens addressed the library board before the vote. All were opposed to moving the books. One was a gay pastor - the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones, of the Cathedral of Hope in Oklahoma City. "Look at me. Am I someone you should be afraid of?" he said . "Please do not insult me and others like me by passing this reprehensible proposal that segregates us and equates us with child abuse, drug abuse and family violence."
Karen Parsons, a lesbian and a former teacher, said she was "appalled" by the proposal. "It's not up to the library to be the thought police or to act as parents," she said.
Despite the criticism the commission voted 12-to-1 for the plan.
So, despite the public trying to make its libraries places of information, we're forced to equate the Oklahoma County Library Board with bigotry, abuse of power, and hatred. was 12-1.
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