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?

  • Melanie Todd
    signed 2023-04-16 16:51:45 -0500
  • Mary Griffin
    signed 2023-04-16 16:37:54 -0500
  • Tara Daugherty
    signed 2023-04-16 15:28:19 -0500
    Restricting reading restricts growth.
  • Lana McLain
    signed 2023-04-16 15:17:06 -0500
  • Gretchen Hintz
    signed 2023-04-16 08:33:14 -0500
    The suppression of knowledge, under the guide of “protecting” the citizenry, has been part of the playbook of multiple dictators and repressive, regressive regimes. This is not freedom, no supposed “patriot” should support this.
  • Matthew Wollenweber
    signed 2023-04-15 12:14:02 -0500
  • Douglas Brewster
    signed 2023-04-15 08:04:51 -0500
  • Amy Talbot
    signed 2023-04-15 06:48:46 -0500
  • Julia Christian
    signed 2023-04-15 03:55:39 -0500
  • John daniel
    signed 2023-04-15 02:37:33 -0500
    A parent may have the right to determine what is right for their child to read. But they do NOT have the right to force those restrictions on others! STOP THE BOOK BANNING!!
  • Alicia Breaux
    signed 2023-04-14 22:50:54 -0500
  • Samantha Yelnick
    signed 2023-04-14 14:34:36 -0500
  • James B Nolan
    signed 2023-04-14 11:56:29 -0500
  • Gary Giordano
    signed via 2023-04-13 17:23:24 -0500
    Ban guns, not books and drags.
  • C de Ben
    signed 2023-04-13 15:22:57 -0500
    Ban hate, not books!
  • Belva Locker
    signed 2023-04-13 15:18:17 -0500
  • Dana Crawford-Pulley
    signed 2023-04-13 15:10:50 -0500
    The very subjects being argued over are mentioned in the Bible. If there are any books to be banned, shouldn’t the Bible top the list?
  • Victoria Lazarski
    signed 2023-04-13 13:33:48 -0500
  • Etta Noel
    signed 2023-04-13 13:09:15 -0500
  • Katana Diegel
    signed 2023-04-13 10:49:36 -0500
  • Stephen Pomes
    signed 2023-04-12 21:08:38 -0500
  • Michael James
    signed 2023-04-12 19:16:56 -0500
  • Daniel Fuselier
    signed 2023-04-12 17:40:32 -0500
  • Samantha Rabito
    signed 2023-04-12 09:09:02 -0500
    Sad we have to sign a petition, what happened to freedom of speech and choice
  • Kimberly Meyer
    signed 2023-04-11 13:18:55 -0500
  • Rebecca Wagner
    signed 2023-04-10 21:38:00 -0500
  • Grace Coppola
    signed 2023-04-10 17:50:44 -0500
  • Corlea Page
    signed 2023-04-10 16:53:27 -0500
  • Christopher Cookmeyer
    signed 2023-04-10 13:24:19 -0500
  • Brenna Martin
    signed 2023-04-10 02:49:56 -0500