Rise to the Moment of Truth Saturday, December 21, 2024

Tag: CLEAN UP ALABAMA

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Federal judge rules Prattville Christmas parade drag queen float must be allowed, mandates additional police protection

U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker, Jr. ruled on Friday that the City of Prattville must allow a pride float featuring a drag queen to participate in the City’s planned Christmas parade on Friday, also mandating extra police escorts LGBTQ group responsible.  

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City of Prattville unlikely to address gay pride float in Christmas parade, despite public outcry, confirmed drag queen attendee

The City of Prattville has no plans to halt the planned pride float in its annual Christmas parade, despite organizers publicly admitting that the float would feature a drag queen.

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'NOT a time to celebrate someone’s sexual preferences': Clean Up Alabama opposes ‘Prattville Pride parade float’

The statewide group Clean Up Alabama is trying to put a stop to a float in the Prattville Christmas Parade touted to be “the gayest and merriest ever.”

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Fairhope Public Library officials accused of violating APLS rules; Citizens call for resignation of board chair

The Fairhope Public Library is under fire after being accused of violating new rules by the Alabama Public Library Service.

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Clean Up Alabama's Hannah Rees speaks on sparking a statewide movement to rid libraries of inappropriate children's books

When Hannah Rees set out to clean up her local library of sexually inappropriate children’s books, she had no idea her bold actions would turn into a statewide movement.

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'What an insult to the parents of our state': Advocates outraged over library obscenity bill failure due to gambling gridlock

Parents and reform advocates are outraged that instead of taking steps to protect children from potentially harmful material, the state legislature instead prioritized a gambling bill that got lost in political gamesmanship.

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Library obscenity bill advances in Senate with promise of amendments

After holding a public hearing, the Alabama Senate Children and Youth Help Committee advanced a bill on Thursday to remove the obscenity exception for public schools and libraries.

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Read Freely Alabama racking up L's in effort to keep sexually explicit children's books in libraries

Despite mostly favorable media coverage and assistance from out-of-state entities, the group supporting sexually explicit children’s books in Alabama libraries has yet to claim a significant win.

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Lori Herring: How a small group of parents took on city hall and won

What have we accomplished this year? Not only have we replaced every single member of the Prattville-Autauga Library Board, we have also passed every reform we asked for.

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ALGOP chair Wahl condemns government funding of explicit children's books — 'There’s no excuse to be engaging in social engineering'

On a recent episode of “1819 News: The Podcast,”‘ Wahl spoke about how these boards can be fertile ground for “social engineering” via socialistic policies.

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ALGOP's Wahl defends roundtable discussion participation on explicit library books: 'I am afraid Read Freely Alabama may have forgot the role of good government'

Alabama GOP chairman John Wahl recently responded to complaints over his involvement in a scheduled roundtable discussion over explicit library books.

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Clean Up Alabama: Ivey proposed policy changes 'do not go far enough' on sexually explicit children's books

The issue of sexually explicit books made available to minors in Alabama libraries has taken front and center in the state’s political landscape.

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Group fighting to remove sexually explicit library books decries continued funding of Prattville library

Recently Prattville Mayor Bill Gillespie announced the city budget for the 2024 fiscal year, which included $355,000 for the Prattville-Autauga Library, which has been at the center of controversy surrounding its inclusion of sexually explicit children’s books.