tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834649.post3482527600038045029..comments2023-05-19T03:22:52.201-05:00Comments on The WLA Blog: West Bend Library gets complaint about gay-themed books; board meeting postponedPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449788185207870427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834649.post-11175385522115408272009-04-25T07:04:00.000-05:002009-04-25T07:04:00.000-05:00I feel empathy for such close-minded beliefs. Alt...I feel empathy for such close-minded beliefs. Although I am not familiar with the books, I am familiar with the difficulties faced by gay youth and we need to encourage and support this sub-culture, and literature is one way to accomplish this. We need to celebrate the diversity of life, not shun it. Proponents for this complaint should educate themselves better on the difficulties of being different, whether race or sexual orientation, before condemning it. As long as the books are not too sexually explicit, in other words, not any worse than any other book one can obtain from the library, then maybe by reading these books this fear can be absolved and turned into knowledge. It's a shame when people judge without knowledge and that is scarier than anything these books can do. I applaud anyone open-minded enough to look into what kind of damage that could be caused singling out this literature because it's specifically gay-oriented when there is so much worse out there. It sends a terrible message to gay youth and tells our children it is ok to stay closed minded as to what is around us.Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834649.post-78547986526745271662009-04-15T08:16:00.000-05:002009-04-15T08:16:00.000-05:00You might be interested in this announcement: UW-M...You might be interested in this announcement: <A HREF="http://michaelzimmer.org/2009/04/14/uw-m-school-of-information-studies-statement-of-support-for-the-west-bend-library/" REL="nofollow">UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Statement of Support for the West Bend Library</A>Michael Zimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686039702294037614noreply@blogger.com