League City Council passes resolution to restrict public library content to minors
LEAGUE CITY, Texas -- It was a crowded and emotional city council meeting Tuesday in League City as members took up a resolution to restrict access of certain types of books from its public library to minors.
The resolution that passed in a late Tuesday night vote of 4-3 calls for the end of using tax payer dollars for purchasing, displaying, or stocking of books for minors that feature the following topics:
- Pedophilia and/or incest
- Rape and bondage
- Books
that discuss or depict any type of sex, nudity, sexual preference, or
related topics where the intended audience is below the age of 10
"Rape and bondage, that is illegal. I don't see why the government should have that in their own buildings, why they should support something that they deem is illegal, that goes against their own values," Jacob Bedar, a member of public libraries, said.
A large majority of the 63 speakers argued against the resolution, citing government over-reach. They included educators, a NASA engineer, a sexual assault survivor, military members, librarians, counselors, and a foster parent.
"This is crazy and ridiculous, and I can't believe in this day and age I'm having to come before you guys and say, 'Please don't ban books,'" Saultczy Bleu, a longtime League City resident, said.
The proposal was revised two different times in the five days before Tuesday's night meeting and also includes the creation of a Community Standards Review Committee. That committee will take up content concerns from parents.
ADDENDUM: On a related note: League City hires Library Detective
Joe Bookman to enforce city policy and chase down citizens in possession
of overdue library books. Detective Bookman said, "I will also make it
my goal to find the persons responsible for drawing pictures of
Pee-Pees and Wee-Wees in any library books." (OK, I made the library detective part up.) -- Trey Rusk
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Aren't Satanists, porn addicts and pedophiles taxpayers too?
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