{"id":147780,"date":"2025-03-21T13:43:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/apls-cuts-funding-to-fairhope-library-due-to-sexually-explicit-books\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:43:38","slug":"apls-cuts-funding-to-fairhope-library-due-to-sexually-explicit-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=147780","title":{"rendered":"APLS cuts funding to Fairhope Library due to &#8220;sexually explicit&#8221; books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Alabama Public Library Service board on Thursday voted to withhold state aid to the Fairhope Public Library due to two books it said violate new state aid requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The board made the decision after several individuals came before the board during a public comment session and claimed that the library is openly defying the requirement under the agency\u2019s new administrative code to move alls sexually explicit books out of sections for youth or children.<\/p>\n<p>They specifically pointed to the book \u201cGrown\u201d by Tiffany D. Jackson and \u201cSold\u201d by Patricia McCormick to make their case. The books tell the stories of children sold or coerced into sex work and are both located in the youth section of the library.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Amy Minton made the motion to halt funding to the library, which board member Ron Snider called \u201chighly inappropriate.\u201d Snider tried to convince the board to give Fairhope notice that they find the inclusion of the books to be in violation and give them 60 days (until the next board meeting) to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Minton pressed that the board should immediately withhold funding and if the books are removed within 30 days, \u201cfunding can be turned back on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do have books in their minor sections right now that you would call a violation; and look, there is no loophole,\u201d Wahl said. \u201cThe policy change is very clear \u2026 No government agency can turn a blind eye and allow someone under their authority to purposely disobey state code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Freely Alabama condemned the decision in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIgnoring the voices of actual Fairhope taxpayers and library users, the APLS Board, four of whom are openly in bed with Moms For Liberty and Clean Up Alabama, revoked Fairhope Library\u2019s funding, ignoring the board\u2019s due process for challenged materials and ignoring, once again, the parents of Alabama who have spoken in support of intellectual freedom,\u201d Read Freely leaders said in the statement. \u201cThis decision was made without any transparency to the community. This is not small government \u2013 this is big government reaching into the public institutions designed to serve all Alabamians and destroying constitutional rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fairhope chapter of Read Freely has started a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundlibraries.org\/campaign\/243\/support-fairhope-public-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraiser<\/a> in hopes to offset the estimated $42,000 shortfall from the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Wahl had previously spoken about the Fairhope Library on right-wing radio and said the library might have to serve as \u201can example\u201d due to noncompliance with state code.<\/p>\n<p>A letter delivered to Wahl by 100 Fairhope parents criticized those comments, and Wahl\u2019s response indicated that the library had since come into compliance with the code.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alabama Public Library Service board on Thursday voted to withhold state aid to the Fairhope Public Library due to two books it said violate new state aid requirements. 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