Posted on 05/11/2023 4:01:00 PM PDT by Morgana
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (LifeSiteNews) — While other states work to remove pornographic content from public schools and children’s library access, Illinois is moving in the opposite direction, with a new law that will penalize schools for not allowing children unfettered access to such material.
HB 2789 “adopt[s] the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or, in the alternative, develop a written statement declaring the inherent authority of the library or library system to” assemble a diverse collection of material and “prohibit the practice of banning specific books or resources.”
Any library or library system that fails to adopt the ALA bill of rights or adopt an equivalent policy against the removal of materials will be ineligible for state grants under the bill, which has cleared both chambers of the Illinois legislature and is expected to be signed into law by Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
The ALA’s Library Bill of Rights declares that 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.”
A note at the bottom of the page acknowledges that “questions do arise concerning application of these principles to specific library practices.” The ALA’s statement on how these principles apply to minors’ access to materials indicates that the group, and by extension any facility that formally adopts its standards, does not allow for any age-based restrictions on access to certain content.
“Equitable access to all library resources and services should not be abridged based on chronological age, apparent maturity, educational level, literacy skills, legal status, or through restrictive scheduling and use policies,” the group says, and concerns about that access should be handled exclusively by how parents “advise” their own children. “Libraries and library governing bodies should not use rating systems to inhibit a minor’s access to materials.”
Across the nation, controversy has exploded in recent years over schools and libraries adopting books that attempt to expose sexual themes and activity to children, often in graphic detail and with pornographic imagery depicting specific sex acts. The conservative Young America’s Foundation notes that one such example can be found in Dixon, Illinois, where the public library had a book depicting sex acts between children.
The issue, along with the promotion of ideological messages in taxpayer-funded education, has in fueled a parent backlash that has been credited with Republican gains in states like Florida and Virginia, whose current respective governors have taken leading roles in fighting back.
Degenerates, that’s all these sick people are!
Every day it seems I discover a new reason to get the HELL out of Illinois…
What has happened to Illnois? when did it get this bad?
About 1900.
It has been for a while, I left in 2010.
Right after Lincoln left.
Turning the world upside down
“Library policies and procedures that effectively deny minors equal and equitable access to all library resources available to other users violate the Library Bill of Rights.”
“The American Library Association stringently and unequivocally maintains that libraries and librarians have an obligation to resist efforts that systematically exclude materials dealing with any subject matter, including sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.”
“Expurgating library materials is a violation of the Library Bill of Rights. Expurgation as defined by this interpretation includes any deletion, excision, alteration, editing, or obliteration of any part(s) of books or other library resources by the library, its agent, or its parent institution (if any).”
“The rights of minors to retrieve, create, and interact with information posted on the Internet in schools and libraries are extensions of their First Amendment rights.”
“Visual images and performances in the library should not be restricted based on content.”
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations
That what I wondered, after Lincoln left? Yep yep yep. I just wanted to hear you all say it to be sure.
It’s been bad for a long time. The Democrat machinery, Chicago politicians, and spineless so-called “Republicans”.
We conservatives don’t have a chance…
Or a voice.
HOW many BIBLES in Illinois Libraries???
OMG! Such a truthful and horrible meme.
My home state is run by people who are criminally insane.
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Neopaganism, it’s all the rage, just as it was during WWI.
I left last year...after 65 years....my family’s been there since 1897....I’m the first to leave...others not far behind. I never thought it would get that bad. Ever.
I grew up in a small town in Illinois in the 60s and 70s. We had a Carnegie library, in which I, the nerd that I am, spent many hours. The library is still there, but I cannot imagine that any of this trash is shelved there. Does this law require that the libraries go out and acquire the woke books, or just prevents the local government from banning books already in the library?
Remember way back when it would have been just the opposite? Wasn’t that long ago. X rated movies? Must be 4 or older now.
“Visual images and performances…” eh?
So does that mean that Stormy Daniels can schedule her next gang bang in the Law Section at the Harold Washington Library right around noon next Tuesday?
Asking for a friend.
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