Petition to Support our Libraries and Stand Against Censorship

Libraries in Parishes across the state are being targeted for censorship by political special interest groups and we need your help to stop them here in St Tammany. 

 

St Tammany Parish is a welcoming community to all and we stand firmly against banning books.  As such we endorse the following statements:

  • We believe that all people in our Parish deserve to see themselves reflected in our library’s collection.
  • We know a large majority of Americans (75%) across the political spectrum oppose book bans.
  • We stand in opposition to special interest groups seeking to limit access or remove books from our libraries. These groups include the St Tammany Parish Library Accountability Project, Citizens for a New Louisiana, and AG Landry. 
  • We believe parents should decide for themselves what their children read and that individuals and groups from our community should not dictate what other parents let their children read or what books are available in our library. 
  • Limiting access to or banning books from public libraries is a slippery slope to government censorship and a violation of our first amendment rights.
  • We hold our library director and our librarians in high regard and trust them to do their jobs.

We are united against book bans and we ask that our Parish President and Council pledge to act to protect the rights of members of our community to access a variety of books, magazines and other media through our public libraries.

Information about what brought this petition about can be found here.

3,422 signatures

Will you sign?

  • MarieAnnette Fuselier
    signed via 2023-06-02 16:01:55 -0500
  • Jessica De Cort
    signed 2023-06-02 13:04:44 -0500
  • Anna Brown
    signed 2023-06-02 11:29:19 -0500
  • Patricia Fontova
    signed 2023-05-29 18:43:21 -0500
  • Peggy Morvant
    signed 2023-05-27 18:02:17 -0500
  • Caden Jasper
    signed 2023-05-27 17:38:41 -0500
    Pretty dumb to ban books, I don’t go to the library much but it’s literally 1984 that they will ban some books. I’m bi myself and it’s the parents job to monitor what their kids read, heck if a homophobic parent doesn’t want their kids reading books with gay characters they could just stop the kid from buying the book. Of course, homophobic people can screw off, I’m a Christian and even god doesn’t like it when people judge or hate others.
  • Zara Zeringue
    signed 2023-05-27 11:57:48 -0500
  • Pattie Lobdell
    signed 2023-05-27 10:22:03 -0500
  • MaryPratt Lobdell
    signed 2023-05-27 09:42:16 -0500
  • Eliah Ulmer
    signed 2023-05-27 01:34:11 -0500
  • Nicole VanderGriend
    signed 2023-05-26 17:26:48 -0500
  • Latisha Chapman
    signed 2023-05-26 15:36:32 -0500
  • Savannah Kraus
    signed 2023-05-26 14:32:18 -0500
  • Yolanda Schoeman
    signed 2023-05-26 14:28:51 -0500
  • Josie Takane
    signed 2023-05-26 14:27:53 -0500
  • Cynthia Payne
    signed 2023-05-26 13:29:31 -0500
  • Patricia Parr
    signed 2023-05-25 10:41:24 -0500
  • Elizabeth Rooney
    signed 2023-05-24 07:08:36 -0500
  • Patrick MacFetters
    signed 2023-05-24 05:05:38 -0500
  • Donald Martin
    signed 2023-05-23 13:03:24 -0500
  • Alyssa Martin
    signed 2023-05-23 12:24:12 -0500
  • Jessica Ortner
    signed 2023-05-20 20:26:12 -0500
  • Logan Walther
    signed 2023-05-20 20:13:38 -0500
  • Amber Ryan
    signed 2023-05-20 16:32:09 -0500
  • Jane Nakamura
    signed 2023-05-20 12:46:44 -0500
  • Mary Amanda Donado
    signed 2023-05-18 19:19:06 -0500
  • Shane Murphrey
    signed 2023-05-18 15:32:40 -0500
  • Meghan Johnson
    signed 2023-05-17 21:05:48 -0500
  • Adelaide Lowrey
    signed via 2023-05-17 15:51:49 -0500
  • Della Rose Perkins
    signed via 2023-05-17 14:39:11 -0500