Fahrenheit 451

Why do they always want to ban the books?!

Good morning Common Sense Community,

Libraries have always been some of my favorite places in the world. Each book represents possibly years of effort, then combined with the people editing, binding, shipping, marketing, and selling that book. Walking down a library aisle with shelves of books on both sides is like walking through centuries of effort—and you can pick any book to check out on any subject.

In my family we would allow our children to read any book. We would then discuss the book with them afterwards. To stop schools and libraries from allowing which books to read abdicates parental responsibility to the government.

If we weren’t able to do that, I’d talk with the librarian and teachers to decide out what books were allowed for my children specifically. It’s best to work things out at the lowest level and not infringe on other peoples’ rights.

But then…there’s nothing that says individual rights and freedom of speech like a bill to ban books in school and public libraries. Facepalm. A $50,000 fine to small libraries could bankrupt them. It’s meant to be punitive, not corrective.

From Betterwyo.org:

Pack the Room to Stop Book Banning!

Monday, October 13th @ 9 a.m.

Wyoming State Capitol

Help pack the Joint Judiciary Committee meeting as they make their final considerations to a bill that will ban books in school & public libraries and fine libraries $50,000 that don’t comply. There will be no public comment at this meeting (boo!), but you can still show your opposition against book bans. If you are interested in coming to the meeting, wear purple and join us in the lobby of the capitol building at 9 a.m. Feel free to reach out to Carla for more information on attending this action.

Please attend if you can and show your solidarity.

Want more information about the issue? You can find it at The Laramie Reporter and Laramie Boomerang

Thank you to betterwyo.org for sharing this information.