A mother discovered that her seventh-grade child had been given a bookmark in support of the LGBTQ agenda, and her email to her county supervisor has led to a bitter debate.
The mother claimed that a woman gave a presentation during English classes and passed out the politically charged bookmarks, according to the email sent to Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld.
‘These items stray into inappropriate and unwelcome advocacy.’
She said her 13-year-old daughter was given a bookmark and called it “abhorrent” that the Fresno County Public Library had used “tax dollars to target children, suggesting reading materials with sexual/homosexual and transgender content.”
A screenshot of the email was published by KMPH-TV.
The mother went on to point out that library employees had access to children’s private information, and she posited that LGBTQ activists might misuse that information.
“In theory someone could use that data as a grooming list of vulnerable children — confused, unsupervised, ‘not supported at home,'” she added.
Bredefeld brought the issue before the other supervisors, and they voted 3-2 to restrict public libraries from recognizing Pride Month or erecting any display to support the LGBTQ agenda.
“The library now, rather than serve all members of the community in an unbiased fashion, has chosen to become advocates and promote a political agenda that many don’t support,” Bredefeld said.
Predictably, activists are outraged that public spaces won’t be used to push their LGBTQ agenda.
“When an LGBTQ youth walks into a Fresno County library and sees a Pride display, it’s not about politics. It’s a lifeline,” said Diana Feliz Oliva, the founder and CEO of Casita Feliz. “It tells them you are seen.”
Clovis mayor pro tem Diane Pearce disagreed and supported the decision.
“These items stray into inappropriate and unwelcome advocacy,” she said.
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The KMPH report said the libraries would still be allowed to display whatever books they wanted.
And despite Bredefeld airing concerns about the questionable content of some books, the county supervisors had no plans to take those books off the shelves.
Bredefeld brought out a sign reading, “No indoctrination of our children,” before the voting took place.
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