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.

3,115 signatures

Will you sign?

  • Elizabeth McMillan
    signed 2023-02-02 20:44:33 -0600
  • Rocio Crabb
    signed 2023-02-02 20:44:14 -0600
  • Tyler Wascom
    signed 2023-02-02 20:27:12 -0600
  • Jorden Wascom
    signed 2023-02-02 20:20:03 -0600
  • Sabrina Dupre
    signed 2023-02-02 20:01:44 -0600
  • Aerial Mathews
    signed 2023-02-02 19:51:29 -0600
  • Teresa Morris
    signed 2023-02-02 19:46:24 -0600
  • Rebeca Fortenberry
    signed 2023-02-02 19:45:15 -0600
  • Amy Hall
    signed 2023-02-02 19:44:44 -0600
  • Emily Lind
    signed 2023-02-02 19:43:32 -0600
    In this country, some of us still believe that Nazi practices were inherently bad. Book banning is a hallmark of fascism, not democracy.
  • Brooke Eugin
    signed 2023-02-02 19:42:47 -0600
  • Jennifer Seals
    signed 2023-02-02 19:40:41 -0600
    I stand with the library!
  • Meliah Henry
    signed 2023-02-02 19:38:01 -0600
  • Bethany Baehr
    signed 2023-02-02 19:28:07 -0600
  • perrin brunet
    signed 2023-02-02 19:07:36 -0600
  • Kate Holmes
    signed 2023-02-02 18:40:17 -0600
  • Bryce Spadaro
    signed 2023-02-02 18:21:12 -0600
  • maurice mack
    signed 2023-02-02 18:13:24 -0600
  • John St. Paul
    signed 2023-02-02 17:37:23 -0600
  • Rachael Chrzan
    signed 2023-02-02 17:05:33 -0600
  • Loraine Mcneece
    signed 2023-02-02 17:01:22 -0600
  • Elida Garza
    signed 2023-02-02 16:13:46 -0600
  • claudia joubert
    signed 2023-02-02 16:01:11 -0600
    we know who the scared are, conservatives, who want to bring the country back to the dark ages. Stop them at the voting booth people!!!
  • Mackenzie Becker
    signed 2023-02-02 14:45:42 -0600
  • Zoe Stedman
    signed 2023-02-02 13:31:11 -0600
  • Sarah Johnson
    signed 2023-02-02 12:38:39 -0600
  • Elizabeth Horn
    signed 2023-02-02 12:32:32 -0600
  • Nguyen Hall
    signed 2023-02-02 12:29:37 -0600
  • Lynn Brayton
    signed 2023-02-02 10:22:45 -0600
    With unrestricted access to the internet on every phone, it is hilarious they are trying to restrict books in a library. It seems to be a desperate attempt to remain relevant in the most irrelevant way.
  • Katelyn Dreux
    signed via 2023-02-02 08:13:32 -0600