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?

  • Bob Murrell
    signed 2022-12-05 20:44:46 -0600
  • Devon Lockfield
    signed 2022-12-05 20:37:20 -0600
  • Gretchen Howard
    signed 2022-12-05 20:23:49 -0600
  • Katherine Quayhagen
    signed 2022-12-05 20:17:48 -0600
  • Jennifer Collins
    signed 2022-12-05 20:00:47 -0600
  • Shannon Bazor
    signed via 2022-12-05 19:42:40 -0600
  • Bruce de Torres
    signed via 2022-12-05 19:39:47 -0600
  • Barbara Roussel
    signed 2022-12-05 19:36:03 -0600
  • Shelley Roberts
    signed 2022-12-05 19:33:00 -0600
  • Jene Okeefe trigg
    signed via 2022-12-05 19:30:49 -0600
  • Edith Herring
    signed 2022-12-05 19:10:53 -0600
    Libraries do not need this kind of political stunt!
  • Barbara Johnson
    signed 2022-12-05 18:56:33 -0600
  • Tom Aswell
    signed 2022-12-05 18:56:32 -0600
  • Sarah Spell
    signed 2022-12-05 18:41:41 -0600
  • Margaret. Breaud
    signed 2022-12-05 18:40:35 -0600
  • Dianne Andry
    signed via 2022-12-05 18:33:12 -0600
  • Madison Phillips
    signed 2022-12-05 18:17:07 -0600
  • Judy Nelson
    signed via 2022-12-05 18:09:39 -0600
  • Alexis Blake
    signed 2022-12-05 17:59:50 -0600
  • Christa Allan
    signed 2022-12-05 17:46:00 -0600
  • Shawn Ryan
    signed 2022-12-05 17:17:21 -0600
    I just can’t believe it’s 2022 and we still have to fight censorship
  • Terrence Verigan
    signed 2022-12-05 17:06:32 -0600
    Public libraries cannot be subjected to any form of censorship regardless of the content of any book.
  • Ruth Terry-Sipos
    signed 2022-12-05 16:51:24 -0600
  • Stephanie Banchs
    signed 2022-12-05 16:50:55 -0600
  • Haley Brand
    signed 2022-12-05 16:50:06 -0600
  • Dallas Boudreaux
    signed 2022-12-05 16:49:43 -0600
  • N. Dietz
    signed 2022-12-05 16:46:30 -0600
  • Mitchell Remondi
    signed via 2022-12-05 16:28:46 -0600
  • Theresa Dempsey
    signed via 2022-12-05 16:17:39 -0600
  • Carmen Vescia
    signed via 2022-12-05 16:06:16 -0600