by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A small West Michigan library was essentially defunded in this week’s primary election in a dispute over the LGBTQ+ material in its collection, although advocates say it represents more than just a dispute over books, but an assault on personal liberties. What is...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
The Michigan Library Association stands in solidarity with the Patmos Library Board of Trustees on the decision to retain a small collection of LGBTQIA+ materials on their library shelves. We are equally disheartened to learn that continued funding for the library was...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
Residents in a western Michigan town voted against a property tax increase that would have funded the local library after the building displayed LGBT literature. Jamestown Township, a small town located near Grand Rapids, voted down the proposed property tax increase...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A Michigan public library is in danger of closing after its staff refused to remove LGBTQ+ books from its collection and town residents voted to defund it, Bridge Michigan reports. Voters in Jamestown Township, a small community in west Michigan, declined to renew...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
One of the fastest growing townships in western Michigan has decided that it would rather not have a local library if it means stocking children’s books about LGBTQ+ people. In a ballot measure that came to a vote this week, residents of Jamestown Township voted to...
