Missouri House Committee Chair Wants to Defund Libraries Out of Spite

[Nevilledog]

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-house-committee-chair-wants-to-defund-libraries-39709473


Yesterday in Jefferson City, Representative Cody Smith (R-Carthage) announced that he wanted to remove all state funding for libraries in Missouri.

Smith, who is the chairman of the House Budget Committee, has submitted revisions to the state's proposed budget for next fiscal year, including taking the $4.5 million allocated for libraries and reducing that number to zero.

Smith says he's upset that library associations are suing to stop a law that went into effect in August that bans "explicit sexual material" from school libraries.

Librarians who are found to violate the August law could face up to a $2,000 fine or a year in jail.

Critics of the law blasted its vague language and said it would instill a climate of fear among people who work at school libraries.

Last month, the Missouri Library Association and the Missouri Association of School Librarians along with the ALCU sued in state court, hoping that a judge will find the law unconstitutional.

*snip*

[sanatanadharma]

1. Because nothing reflects a bright future quite like ...

Because nothing reflects a bright future quite like shinning ignorance.
That is why the famous, rich, past benefactors like Andrew Carnegie were so concerned about libraries.
No, wait! They actually believed that public libraries were good for society.

It is a shame that the Bible itself is sufficient to demand library bans or de-funding because "sex".