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I disagree but I do think they need more than 100 signatures to make it stick.

I'm with you solidly, no way should just 100 people be able to censure a community of 50,000. We are in agreement.

If a community does not like this junk in their library then they have the right to oppose and remove it with enough folks taking action. .... That is the proper course of freedom as determined by local standards.

Abolutely, each community should, and does have the right to set limits as to what is permissble within their community. No arguement at all.

Excusing our culture war excesses with the notion that the parents can simply handle it all is nonsense.

This is where I do disagree. 'For the children' is the battlecry of every movement ever created that limits the rights of other people. "For the children" as California outlawed big screen TV's, "For the children" as taxes are increased, bonds are sold and rights are taken away.

I was not consulted when you decided to have sex with your spouse (or boyfriend, girlfriend or booty call). I never got a phone call saying "Hey, I'm goin to tear off a piece and not use protection, is that ok with you?". Now, all of a sudden I'm supposed to give up my tax money to support the results of decisons I had no voice in. Now, I don't mind paying for education, as the kids of today will pay taxes to support my Social Security payments in my closing years. But, now I have to have my public library materials censored to the lowest common denominator? Sorry, this is YOUR job, not mine. I have raised my kids, I help raise my grandkids - how about YOU raise your kids, and not foist the responsiblity of monitoring their entertainment off on me? If you don't want them reading Mark Twain novels - that's your job. My kids have been encouraged to read Mark Twain. If you don't like the Harry Potter books, that's your choice. I wouldn't dream of pushing your kids into doing something against your principles - but how dare you limit mine?