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.

3,541 signatures

Will you sign?

  • 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
  • Thomas Tourville
    signed 2023-05-17 09:57:06 -0500
  • Lynette bech
    signed 2023-05-16 23:36:27 -0500
    Freedon to Parent is superior than #censorship
  • debbie mccloud
    signed 2023-05-16 09:16:34 -0500
  • Kim Turner
    signed 2023-05-15 22:29:25 -0500
  • Jamie Segura
    signed 2023-05-15 20:11:41 -0500
  • Gina Villar
    signed via 2023-05-15 17:58:13 -0500
  • Erin Rausch
    signed 2023-05-13 19:26:16 -0500
  • Ben Tarabour
    signed 2023-05-13 19:23:33 -0500
    Censorship is wack.
  • Lhea Agee
    signed 2023-05-11 16:48:06 -0500
  • Brian Osgood
    signed 2023-05-11 09:26:16 -0500
    ban hate
  • Michael Thibodeaux
    signed 2023-05-10 07:13:25 -0500
  • Karl Clark
    signed 2023-05-09 19:40:52 -0500
  • Naduson Brandt
    signed 2023-05-09 10:08:02 -0500
  • Christian Mouser
    signed 2023-05-08 19:06:45 -0500
  • Colleen Stephens
    signed 2023-05-06 07:44:59 -0500
  • Kathryn Kirkhart
    signed 2023-05-05 18:38:33 -0500
  • katherine dorta
    signed 2023-05-05 15:58:06 -0500
  • Kailyn Duncan
    signed 2023-05-05 12:08:32 -0500