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?

  • Van Turner
    signed 2023-04-24 08:48:25 -0500
  • Christina Fisher
    signed 2023-04-23 14:41:16 -0500
  • Kimberly Irizarry
    signed 2023-04-23 12:07:01 -0500
  • Candice Talley
    signed 2023-04-23 10:12:02 -0500
  • Chris Terrebonne
    signed 2023-04-23 09:48:52 -0500
  • Molly Caldwell
    signed 2023-04-20 12:36:57 -0500
  • Jamie Tournet
    signed 2023-04-20 10:00:21 -0500
  • Cheryl Jacobs
    signed 2023-04-19 20:35:15 -0500
  • Ashlie Chatagnier
    signed 2023-04-19 17:06:36 -0500
  • Jeanne Fontenot
    signed 2023-04-19 14:31:07 -0500
  • Pete Petersen
    signed 2023-04-19 07:46:47 -0500
    Banning books is unacceptable. Do not censor what information my child has access to.
  • Penny Daniel
    signed 2023-04-19 06:42:01 -0500
  • Kimberly Schroeder
    signed 2023-04-18 20:04:36 -0500
  • Alicia Hollander
    signed 2023-04-18 19:57:33 -0500
  • Nicholas Miller
    signed 2023-04-18 10:44:11 -0500
  • Miranda Buras
    signed 2023-04-18 09:56:59 -0500
  • christina lecoq
    signed 2023-04-18 09:41:15 -0500
  • Caroline Roques
    signed 2023-04-18 08:52:22 -0500
  • Ellen Hauck
    signed via 2023-04-17 18:58:46 -0500
  • Kit Gorman
    signed via 2023-04-17 17:43:29 -0500
  • Haley Mills
    signed 2023-04-17 13:57:22 -0500
  • Reina Cheramie
    signed 2023-04-17 11:51:39 -0500
  • Kyra Spikes
    signed 2023-04-17 09:17:13 -0500
  • Donna Caire
    signed 2023-04-17 08:04:00 -0500
  • Angelle Hebert
    signed 2023-04-17 06:29:50 -0500
  • Jennifer Dean
    signed 2023-04-17 01:47:39 -0500
  • Melanie Mann
    signed 2023-04-16 22:55:59 -0500
  • Mandy Ringbloom
    signed 2023-04-16 19:00:17 -0500
  • Jason Todd
    signed 2023-04-16 17:39:52 -0500
  • Eden Jones
    signed 2023-04-16 17:21:26 -0500