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

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  • Christine Miserendino
    signed 2023-02-01 21:32:42 -0600
  • Dawn Waguespack
    signed via 2023-02-01 21:18:40 -0600
  • Kyle Nuss
    signed via 2023-02-01 21:18:07 -0600
  • Bill Vom Weg
    signed 2023-02-01 21:01:29 -0600
  • Austin Cunningham
    signed via 2023-02-01 18:37:23 -0600
  • Madeline Dupuy
    signed via 2023-02-01 18:25:39 -0600
  • Alison Arling
    signed 2023-02-01 18:13:44 -0600
  • Olivia Philipp
    signed 2023-02-01 17:36:16 -0600
  • Jessica Gradolf
    signed 2023-02-01 15:26:06 -0600
  • Jinx Vidrine
    signed 2023-02-01 12:57:42 -0600
  • D Brooks
    signed 2023-02-01 12:48:02 -0600
  • Erin Powell
    signed 2023-02-01 12:01:27 -0600
  • Richard Harder
    signed 2023-02-01 10:10:44 -0600
    The banning of books on the basis of cultural content is the result of an insidious political game, and has no place in a democratic society. It is thought suppression, it is fascist, it is anti-democratic, and it is oppression.
  • Sally Alvarez
    signed 2023-02-01 09:35:33 -0600
  • Linda McLellan
    signed 2023-02-01 09:04:45 -0600
  • Leslie Rewis
    signed 2023-02-01 08:58:08 -0600
  • Colleen Bourg
    signed 2023-02-01 08:40:39 -0600
  • Kristin Donley
    signed via 2023-02-01 08:20:10 -0600
  • Tammy Savoie
    signed 2023-02-01 07:53:49 -0600
  • Michael Foster
    signed 2023-02-01 06:53:05 -0600
  • Christine Foster
    signed 2023-02-01 05:59:48 -0600
  • Erica Folse
    signed 2023-02-01 02:35:09 -0600
  • Angie Hoffpauir
    signed 2023-02-01 01:24:51 -0600
  • Katie Robinson
    signed 2023-01-31 23:40:57 -0600
  • Hayden Martin
    signed 2023-01-31 23:26:25 -0600
    I use to live in slide
  • Janis Mayfield
    signed 2023-01-31 23:12:13 -0600
  • Glenn Ousset
    signed 2023-01-31 23:10:46 -0600
  • Gay DiGiovanni
    signed 2023-01-31 23:03:21 -0600
  • Kathleen Franke
    signed 2023-01-31 23:03:14 -0600
  • Jim Long
    signed 2023-01-31 22:57:35 -0600