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Fairhope library Alabama News
Rebecca Watson: When a public library is funded by political groups, is it still public?

Fairhope deserves a library accountable to its residents and respectful of children, not one that survives by outsourcing funding and values to outside organizations.

READ FREELY VS APLS Alabama News
Soros-funded group leads pushback on APLS code change protecting children from gender ideology

Read Freely Alabama and several national pro-LGBT groups joined together in opposition to the Alabama Public Library Service's recent change to the administrative code.

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Clean Up Alabama claims APLS member used business address to hide that he no longer lives in district

Clean Up Alabama provided information claiming a member of the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) does not live in the district he represents.

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Radical left-wing Read Freely Alabama proclaims APLS, Clean Up Alabama, Moms For Liberty, Eagle Forum akin to KKK, Bull Connor, Jim Crow

Read Freely Alabama compared two Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) members and various conservative groups to the KKK in a recent newsletter.

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'I’m going to have the Bible banned': SPLC-Read Freely Alabama event attendees urged to channel 'No Kings' energy in fight to keep obscene books in public library children's sections

Read Freely Alabama has been facing an uphill battle in its fight to keep controversial books in the children's and young adult sections of the state's public libraries. Now, the group hopes to channel the energy from the recent "No Kings" protest to boost its cause.

Ban Ignorance not books at Fairhope City Council meeting Alabama News
'Worthless as tits on a bull': Tensions erupt in Fairhope over library controversy

The Fairhope City Council meeting Tuesday was so crowded that overflow seating was provided.

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Explicit book advocates oddly silent after firing of state library director

The swarms of advocates who have spent nearly two years pushing to keep sexually explicit books in Alabama libraries have been uncharacteristically silent after the Alabama Public Library Service Board voted to terminate Dr. Nancy Pack last week.

APLS Alabama News
APLS Board's Wahl: State library board ‘will not back down’ after cutting library’s funding over sexually explicit books

Alabama Public Library Service Board chairman John Wahl has reiterated the board's resolve after voting last week to pause all funds to the Fairhope Public Library for allegedly not being aligned with the APLS’s policy surrounding books.

GAY LGBTQ FLAG TRANSGENDER Alabama News
5 facts about PFLAG, the pro-trans toddler, LGBTQ group launching a new chapter in Cullman

As their footprint grows throughout Alabama. What is PFLAG, and what should you know about them?

Explicit books Alabama News
Fact Check: Read Freely Alabama spreads disinformation at meeting to 'fight' disinformation

Read Freely Alabama's Baldwin County chapter hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday in Fairhope to explain what they call "extremist disinformation" and how to combat it. However, participants may have made extreme and misleading statements and spread disinformation themselves.

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'We're fueled by love and rage': Read Freely, Alabama Library Association decry 'anti-library' agenda

Approximately 75 people packed the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship church Tuesday evening for a town hall by Read Freely Alabama and the Alabama Library Association.

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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.

Trussville Library meeting Alabama News
Trussville Library board announces decisions on 41 challenged books — 'This is vulgar filth that’s in some of these books and we want them removed'

The Trussville Public Library Board meeting Monday night was packed with over 100 people wishing to speak out about books in the children and teen sections that have caused quite a stir over content some call “sexually explicit” and “inappropriate.”

TRUSSVILLE LIBRARY Alabama News
Read Freely Alabama to stage protest in Trussville; Group makes ‘urgent call’ to support Trussville Library’s LGBT and racial justice books

A group who claims people asking for some children’s and teen’s books to be moved are “transphobic, homophobic and racist,” are asking for supporters to come out to the Trussville Library Monday night.

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Moms for Liberty speak to Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Board, detail graphic books in children's section

The Huntsville/Madison County Public Library Board held a meeting on Tuesday evening where the group's Moms for Liberty and Read Freely Alabama were given 10 minutes each to present their case concerning certain books located in the kids and teens section of the library.