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.

3,526 signatures

Will you sign?

  • Kristi-Anne Lyons
    signed via 2022-12-06 06:13:47 -0600
  • Alexander Landry
    signed 2022-12-06 06:12:53 -0600
  • Conner Allison
    signed 2022-12-06 06:01:02 -0600
  • William Williamson
    signed 2022-12-06 05:53:38 -0600
  • Dawn Grundmeyer
    signed 2022-12-06 05:45:20 -0600
  • Laura Pichon
    signed 2022-12-06 03:57:49 -0600
  • Joseph Moseley
    signed via 2022-12-06 03:06:57 -0600
  • Shena Peake
    signed via 2022-12-06 02:19:52 -0600
  • jimi Ryan
    signed 2022-12-06 00:31:52 -0600
  • Barbara MacFetters
    signed 2022-12-05 23:55:57 -0600
  • Michelle Schwartz
    signed 2022-12-05 23:48:23 -0600
  • Riley Loria
    signed via 2022-12-05 23:39:25 -0600
  • Jackie Shreves
    signed 2022-12-05 23:19:58 -0600
  • Vicki Traina-Dorge
    signed via 2022-12-05 23:11:20 -0600
  • Patrick Timothy
    signed 2022-12-05 22:45:51 -0600
  • Susanna Ramos
    signed 2022-12-05 22:42:07 -0600
  • Shelby Shankle
    signed 2022-12-05 22:39:13 -0600
  • Michelle Simon
    signed 2022-12-05 22:24:54 -0600
  • Christian Perkins
    signed 2022-12-05 22:13:13 -0600
  • Caroline Lee
    signed via 2022-12-05 21:59:53 -0600
  • Amber Garrard
    signed via 2022-12-05 21:49:10 -0600
  • Meara McNitt
    signed 2022-12-05 21:29:06 -0600
  • Jean Wiggin
    signed via 2022-12-05 21:28:00 -0600
  • Megan Caillouet
    signed 2022-12-05 21:24:10 -0600
  • Toni Eastham
    signed via 2022-12-05 21:19:01 -0600
    Stop this censorship. It is in needed and not democratic.
  • Natalie Elethorp
    signed 2022-12-05 21:17:57 -0600
  • Cheryl McCreary-Bade
    signed via 2022-12-05 21:17:06 -0600
  • Christina Garcia
    signed 2022-12-05 21:06:54 -0600
  • Catherine Burton
    signed 2022-12-05 20:49:02 -0600
  • Kay Lahasky
    signed 2022-12-05 20:46:58 -0600