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?

  • David Schmit
    signed 2022-12-02 06:57:23 -0600
  • Margaret DesJardins
    signed 2022-12-02 06:42:49 -0600
  • Melanie LeJeune
    signed 2022-12-02 06:41:12 -0600
  • Lisa Santopadre
    signed 2022-12-02 06:38:20 -0600
  • april panganiban
    signed via 2022-12-02 06:36:27 -0600
  • Kahra Martinez
    signed 2022-12-02 06:34:06 -0600
  • Colleen Grace
    signed 2022-12-02 06:11:51 -0600
  • Cindy Hundley
    signed 2022-12-02 05:49:42 -0600
  • Benjamin Henry
    signed 2022-12-02 05:48:33 -0600
  • Allison Williams
    signed 2022-12-02 04:29:35 -0600
  • Chi Che
    signed via 2022-12-02 04:00:10 -0600
  • Stanley Wong
    signed 2022-12-02 02:07:29 -0600
  • Claire Flynn
    signed 2022-12-02 01:38:58 -0600
  • Heather Fong
    signed 2022-12-02 00:41:14 -0600
  • Virginia Barr
    signed via 2022-12-02 00:40:44 -0600
  • Rebecca Falati
    signed via 2022-12-02 00:04:34 -0600
  • Steven Kleyle
    signed via 2022-12-01 23:33:03 -0600
  • Ann Kirkpatrick
    signed 2022-12-01 22:39:49 -0600
  • Annie Burrows
    signed 2022-12-01 22:29:36 -0600
  • Kaela Sanchez
    signed 2022-12-01 22:22:07 -0600
  • Joey Simmons
    signed 2022-12-01 22:21:46 -0600
  • Wallace Simmons
    signed 2022-12-01 22:20:18 -0600
  • Alex Soule
    signed via 2022-12-01 22:19:08 -0600
  • michael finn
    signed via 2022-12-01 22:09:53 -0600
    I fully support Louisiana libraries and librarians position on allowing children exposure to all literature and books supporting their lifestyle choices . This fabricated erroneous argument that these books are harming children is politically motivated . Children today are exposed to tremendous amounts of controversial and sexually explicit content from the internet, television, movies, and magazines and their exposure is hundreds of times greater than it is in a library . Banning books only evolves politically into banning great literature ( as has already occurred in different localities in America ) and allows the progression of close minded thinking which leads to the destruction of thoughtful well rounded children and to the destruction of democracy
  • Amanda Blanco
    signed 2022-12-01 22:02:24 -0600
  • Lindsay DeBlieux
    signed 2022-12-01 21:52:06 -0600
  • Joan Soboloff
    signed 2022-12-01 21:48:30 -0600
  • Kory Reeves
    signed 2022-12-01 21:40:03 -0600
  • Stephen Tanciar
    signed 2022-12-01 21:36:42 -0600
  • Julie Aime
    signed via 2022-12-01 21:33:23 -0600

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