“Oklahoma state legislators are calling a popular children’s book about a gay prince ‘obscene’ and saying it should reserved only for adults. Seventy members of the legislature have signed a petition calling for the book to be removed from the children’s section and placed in the adult section of libraries.”
Ah, the folks writing the laws show their cluelessness yet again. If something is “obscene” then it’s illegal for even adults to own/see/etc. Never mind that fact that only a judge can declare something “obscene” not a legislator.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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