Emergency Library Board Meeting on Porn for Minors

Friday, 2/4 at 3:00pm at the Fishers Library. Please attend if possible!

The Library Board has called a meeting to deal with the issues I raised at their last two meetings. See here and here.

Please attend if you can. Public comment will be permitted. Some key points:

• I am not asking that any books be removed from the library

• I am not asking that any books be burned or otherwise destroyed

• I agree with having a wide variety of materials, including sexual education materials, available at the public library

• My objection is to shelving explicit pornography in the Teen Zone, where 11 year olds are encouraged to freely explore

• This particular pornography was written by a self-described pervert, and it tells kids to seek out further porn online and to talk to strangers about sexual “kinks”

• I have asked that two titles be removed from the Teen Zone and placed in the Adult section

• I do not say that I have the right to determine what your child reads; it is your business what you check out from the Adult section for your child

• I have asked that Edra Waterman be removed from HEPL because of her bizarre view of what materials are appropriate for 11-year-old kids, which demonstrates gross incompetence and jeopardizes public confidence in the library leadership.

Please attend this meeting even if you do not plan to offer public comments. A short comment stating that you oppose porn in the Teen Zone is also welcome. But please show up and stand up for what is right. This is not a partisan issue. Let’s call these folks back from this crazy error in judgment.