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Related: About this forumSo a NW Iowa bigot is burning CHILDREN'S books
Public library books, in Orange City Iowa. Because he hates gay people.
https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/nw-iowa-religious-activist-burns-lgbtq-library-books-in-protest/article_0ae4c328-5814-5674-bb8d-6120a9a7d020.html#tracking-source=home-trending
NW Iowa religious activist burns LGBTQ library books in protest of OC Pride
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- The leader of a northwest Iowa pro-life, anti-homosexuality group on Friday made a Facebook Live video in which he burned several books from the Orange City Public Library, during the city's OC Pride event last weekend.
Paul Dorr, director of Ocheyedan-based Rescue the Perishing, a group that he describes in the video as "a crisis center and pro-life, pro-family movement," said in an interview with the Journal Sunday that his protest was the result of his outrage at several things in Orange City and in the region. The events of OC Pride, a local LGBTQ festival, were, in essence, the straw that broke the camel's back for Dorr.
Paul Dorr, director of Ocheyedan-based Rescue the Perishing, a group that he describes in the video as "a crisis center and pro-life, pro-family movement," said in an interview with the Journal Sunday that his protest was the result of his outrage at several things in Orange City and in the region. The events of OC Pride, a local LGBTQ festival, were, in essence, the straw that broke the camel's back for Dorr.
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So a NW Iowa bigot is burning CHILDREN'S books (Original Post)
suegeo
Oct 2018
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I suspect the Orange City Public Library took a very dim view of this activity.
TomSlick
Oct 2018
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left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)1. "in favor of a Biblical, marriage-based curriculum"
There is so much sex and violence in the Bible.
SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)2. Isn't that Rep Steve King's district?
suegeo
(2,573 posts)4. It is. King is a fascist.
suegeo
(2,573 posts)3. Some A-hole BURNS BOOKS, Hitler style
In all, four books were thrown into the fire: David Levithan's "Two Boys Kissing"; Suzanne and Max Lang's "Families, Families, Families!"; Gayle E. Pitman's "This Day in June"; and Christine Baldacchino's "Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress."
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)5. I suspect the Orange City Public Library took a very dim view of this activity.
Destruction of public property is usually frowned upon.
You want to burn books, go buy your own. The publisher will appreciate the sales and you are free to destroy your own property if it makes you happy.