Group succeeds in defunding Jamestown Township Library because of LGBTQ+ books (WZZM 13)

by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

A group of concerned residents launched a campaign to stop a millage proposal from passing that would have funded Jamestown Township’s Patmos Library. The millage was voted on during the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 2 and failed to pass by a rather large...

National attention as Jamestown Township library millage fails over LGBTQ books (Holland Sentinel)

by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

The Patmos Library in Jamestown Township, south of Hudsonville, is in danger of closing following Tuesday’s failed library millage renewal. According to Larry Walton, the library’s Board of Trustees president, a small group has been protesting outside...

Residents of Michigan town vote to defund library over refusal to ban LGBTQ books (New York Daily News)

by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

A library in western Michigan will likely have to close its doors after a group of residents voted against the renewal of a property tax millage that funds most of its budget. On Tuesday, Jamestown Township residents voted to effectively defund the Patmos Library over...

They defunded the library because it contained books by and about LGBTQ+ people. (EveryLibrary)

by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

From EveryLibrary’s Twitter

Michigan library’s millage fails after group campaigned to remove LGBTQ material (Click On Detroit)

by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A western Michigan library faced an uncertain future Thursday after a flap over LGBTQ material on its shelves led to the failure of the renewal of a property tax millage that funds most of its budget. The Patmos Library in Jamestown...

Michigan library loses 84% of budget after millage fails over LGBTQ books (Detroit Free Press)

by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A western Michigan library faced an uncertain future Thursday after a flap over LGBTQ material on its shelves led to the failure of the renewal of a property tax millage that funds most of its budget. The Patmos Library in Jamestown...