HUNTSVILLE — During a candidate forum this week in Huntsville, former Alabama Republican Party chairman and candidate for lieutenant governor John Wahl spoke about the societal and moral dangers presented by pro-transgender ideologies, particularly in Alabama's public libraries.
"I think it's very clear, biblically, God created the male and female period," Wahl told the audience. "This is probably the best issue to highlight that we as a society, a country, are not in a political battle. It's far deeper. If we're going to succeed in this battle to take back our country, we have to understand this is far greater than politics. This is a spiritual battle. It's a battle between light and darkness. It's a battle between freedom and slavery."
"This is straight from the pits of hell," Wahl said of the issue. "And we have to challenge it on that regard. We have to fight for it in that world, and we have to explain it in that way. Because if we don't, we will not be able to properly communicate what's going on here."
He referenced his experience on the Alabama Public Library Service Board, keeping sexual content, including transgender topics, out of children's sections in libraries across the state.
"I have faced this straight on, as Chairman of the Alabama Public Library Service Board," Wahl stated. "When a parent walks in, and they read some of the content that these librarians are putting in front of 6,7,8 year olds, and you see them undermining these values, saying it's okay to be a boy if you're a girl, it's okay to be vice versa. Then you look at the sexual content. I'm 39 years old. There are books that I have read in our children's sections of our library that I'm not old enough to read."
Wahl then touted his established opposition to the liberal leadership of the American Library Association, which he accused of pushing an immoral agenda on Alabama libraries.
"But we have to understand where the battle is coming from. I think the president of the American Library Association put it best. I'm in direct opposition to her, and I'm fighting against her agenda, although she's moved on now. She said publicly that she was an open Marxist and a lesbian, and wanted to have these librarians push these values on local communities."
"I say the answer from local communities should be, get the heck out," concluded Wahl.
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