AL Group Pushes To Jail Librarians Over LGBTQ Books

The Alabama Political Reporter reports:

Gov. Kay Ivey has sent a letter to APLS Director Dr. Nancy Pack expressing concerns that closely follow Clean-Up Alabama’s push over LGBTQ materials in library spaces intended for minors. Here’s what the group plans to do.

1. “Amend the Anti-Obscenity Law that exempts public libraries from criminal punishment when it comes to the distribution of material harmful to minors.” 2. “Possibly add the libraries onto current law passed pertaining to woke ideologies in schools; and increase from 5th grade to 12th grade like Florida was able to do.”

If Clean Up Alabama were to succeed in these goals, the combination could result in librarians facing up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $10,000 just for having a book like “The Pronoun Book” on the shelf.

Read the full article. There’s much, more more. No paywall. The founder of Clean Up Alabama, DJ Parten, made national news earlier this year when a GOP rep introduced an ultimately failed bill written by Parten that would have made women who get abortions subject to homicide charges.