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Defunded over LGBTQ books, Michigan library will try tax again in November (Bridge MI)

by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

An Ottawa County library will ask voters for funding for a second time, in November, after residents in this small town voted last week to reject a millage because of the continued presence of  LGBTQ-themed books on library shelves. The library board voted Monday...

Patmos Library will pursue another millage amid controversy over LGBTQ books (MLive)

by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – A message was delivered from Jamestown Township residents to Patmos Library board members Monday night — keep the library open. But a failed millage at the Aug. 2 election, surrounded by a resident-driven campaign to remove LGBTQ materials...

Millage vote for Ottawa County library to return amid debate about LGBTQ+ books (WZZM 13)

by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

In Ottawa County, voters in Jamestown Township will have another chance to decide funding for a library, after a unanimous vote Monday night by the library board. The millage to fund the library failed in the August primary.  Monday’s meeting at Patmos Library...

After uproar over LGBTQ books, Jamestown Twp. library board to try millage again in November (Holland Sentinel)

by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

Following a resounding failure of its operating millage renewal last week, the Jamestown Township library board voted Monday, Aug. 8, to ask voters to fund the library again in November.  This will mean a tight turnaround, as language to get on the November ballot is...

In danger of closing over LGBTQ books, W MI library board votes to put millage back on ballot (WOOD TV 8)

by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library

A West Michigan library board has voted to put a millage back on the November ballot after voters turned it down over LGBTQ books. The Patmos Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously during its Monday meeting. On Aug. 2, voters rejected the millage for the...

Michigan public library defunded over inclusion of LGBTQ+ materials (The Hill)

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

Voters in a Western Michigan township last week chose to defund their public library after a campaign organized by a conservative community group argued that a display of books showcasing LGBTQ+ characters and stories was “grooming children for sexual exploitation.”...
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