Tag: SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE BOOKS

John Wahl, the chairman of the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Board and the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP), sent a formal letter on Wednesday to public library directors across the state, informing them that the APLS Board will stand behind President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the use of federal funds to promote gender ideology.

Under Wahl's leadership, the APLS Board has worked to preserve the true mission of public libraries: to serve all citizens – especially children – in a safe, welcoming environment, free from inappropriate and sexually explicit content.

Libraries across the state rushed to remove sexually explicit material from their children and teen sections following new guidelines by the Alabama Public Library System in May 2024. The APLS threatened to withhold funding from any library that did not comply with new regulations.

The Fairhope Public Library board voted not to move a controversial book from the teen section to the adult section after the state paused funding due to explicit material, meaning it will no longer receive state funding.

From chemtrails and book bans to transgender athletes and anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses, Republican candidates for House District 11, Don Fallin and Heath Allbright, addressed a bevy of hot-button issues at a forum Tuesday, less than five weeks before the special election primary.

The shelves that many of us roamed as children no longer contain wholesome stories; instead, they often contain pornographic and sexual deviant material that many teachers, librarians, and public figures think children should have the right to see.

The Alabama Public Library System (APLS) paused funding to the Fairhope Public Library Thursday receiving concerns over inappropriate material being offered in the teen section.