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Drag queen story hour in America's Bible Belt
BBC News ^ | 20th February 2019 | George Pierpoint

Posted on 02/21/2019 8:47:47 AM PST by Ennis85

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To: 444Flyer

Great Verse!


21 posted on 02/21/2019 10:18:34 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Bob434

How about they book some Christian reading hour immediately following the drag queen reading hour, and concentrate on the book of Leviticus?
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Great idea. However, because it would seem like the government supporting a particular religion, I’m not sure it would be permitted. But drag queens, no problem.


22 posted on 02/21/2019 10:48:28 AM PST by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: Tell It Right

Lots of stay-at-home mothers do. During the worst stages of toddlerhood, I was at three readings a week. Two at the library and one at Barnes and Noble. :)


23 posted on 02/21/2019 11:00:32 AM PST by MightyMama
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To: Ennis85

Parents who allow their children to attend are guilty too.


24 posted on 02/21/2019 12:37:38 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Ennis85

This no longer a one-off oddball story. This is an organized campaign targeting youth.


25 posted on 02/21/2019 1:06:41 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

It really fits that picture of those innocent little children being taught horrid lies.


26 posted on 02/21/2019 3:18:07 PM PST by 444Flyer (John 3 Revelation 20 Joshua 24:15 Pick a side...)
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To: Ennis85

The slippery slope of treating perversion with open tolerance and courtesy has brought this on. The children are the greatest victims of the failure to call perversion by its true name.


27 posted on 02/21/2019 5:55:35 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: pepsi_junkie

“Sex Before Eight, or It’s Too Late.”

“GAY = Go After Youth.”


28 posted on 02/21/2019 5:57:37 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: KittyKares

You can be sure.


29 posted on 02/21/2019 5:58:28 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: punknpuss; frank ballenger; Dilbert San Diego
"And librarians have been radicalized since the 80’s."

At least that long. The profession has a higher infestation rate of liberals than just about any other, probably going back to Dewey or further.

For many decades it's been clear that librarians, similar to Doctors and their Hippocratic Oath, are immensely proud of their own version - the Hypocritic Oath. As near as I can tell, it goes something like this:

I mean, hey, everyone agrees that shouting Fire in a crowded theater isn't covered by the First Amendment, and quoting words from Christians or conservatives to young, impressionable children is essentially equivalent to shouting fire in the theater.

In approx the mid-90's, Citizen Magazine, a conservative Christian monthly published by Focus on the Family, were getting their feet wet in the brand-new WWW, as we all were. They used the primitive web-search engines of the day (Yahoo, Altavista, etc) to see if their magazine was mentioned by anyone out there.

What they found was a heated discussion in a Usenet Newsgroup that was used by librarians to share info & tips with each other. The heated discussion wasn't over the merits of Citizen Magazine. Oh no, not at all. Rather, the discussion was over how to most effectively ban it from libraries.

It started off with a librarian complaining that a library patron had offered to donate to them a multi -year subscription to Citizen. She was asking fellow librarians across the country for advice on how to turn him down in a final decisive way that wouldn't escalate.

The first response was something like, "Just tell him you don't want his filthy, stinkin', right-wing magazine in your library!"

Others replied along the lines of, "No way! You can't do that. Some people might think it appears to be censorship of a political viewpoint." (Gosh! D'ya really think so??)

There were all kinds of alternate ideas brought up and discarded. Eg, "Well, sir, each periodical costs our library more than just the subscription, such as the costs of personnel to maintain the materials, etc." That would backfire, as the little Christian vermin might insist on increasing his donation to cover all handling costs too.

A better idea was to claim that their periodicals section was currently maxed out on space. But that lie could be easily uncovered by the patron perusing the stacks and noticing unused shelf space.

I think the favorite idea ended up being along the lines of, "smile broadly, thank them, flatter them, and then smother them with bureaucracy" by claiming that of course we will immediately forward your most generous offer to the Periodicals Committee, which meets periodically (and "periodically" == "never!" in your case, buddy) and please check back later to hear of any status updates. Eventually they'll give up, and you can keep your library pure and unadulterated.

30 posted on 02/21/2019 6:40:34 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: Ennis85

This didn’t start in 2015. It started when Michelle Obama first read to a group of children years earlier.


31 posted on 02/21/2019 8:24:04 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (NRT, New Rome Tacitus, just don't call me late to dinner.)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Scuzzy. That’s what the profession has become.


32 posted on 02/21/2019 8:31:24 PM PST by punknpuss
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