by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A Michigan town has voted to defund its tax-funded public library due to a fight that began over LGBTQ+ books. Jamestown Township, a historically conservative community in Ottawa County, Michigan, voted to defund Patmos Library on Tuesday, August 2. According to a...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A town in western Michigan voted this week to defund its library because it contained several books that featured LGBTQ themes. According to election results reviewed by Insider, Jamestown Township voted by a 25-point margin — 62.5% to 37.5% — to reject a proposal on...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A library in western Michigan is at risk of closing in the next year after town residents voted against a tax that would have funded 84% of the facility’s budget, following a fight over a book with LGBTQ+ themes on the library’s shelves. On Tuesday, people...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A town in Michigan has voted to defund its own library because it was supposedly “grooming” children for sexual abuse. Bridge Michigan reports that voters in Jamestown Township, Michigan overwhelmingly voted against a measure that would have raised revenue...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
Another day, another example of grown adults rallying to ban books that could be educational, affirming, and in some cases life-saving for their kids. This one is in west Michigan, where residents of Jamestown Township voted this week to defund their local...
