Comments on: PFOX Pledges To get ‘Ex-Gay’ Books In Schools http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/pfox-pledges-to-get-ex-gay-books-in-schools/ TruthWinsOut.org is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the “ex-gay” myth and educates America about gay life. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Thom http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/pfox-pledges-to-get-ex-gay-books-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-7835 Thom Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:30:54 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=848#comment-7835 As a (gay) public library Reference worker, I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one. We make no value judgment on a book. If it's there, we will have it. And before anyone gets too hard on public libraries, we have been in the forefront in making sure that EVERYONE has access to materials and information that they need for life, study, instruction, and entertainment. Whether I like a book or not is irrelevant. Public libraries do not censor. Period. As a (gay) public library Reference worker, I’m going to have to disagree with you on this one. We make no value judgment on a book. If it’s there, we will have it.

And before anyone gets too hard on public libraries, we have been in the forefront in making sure that EVERYONE has access to materials and information that they need for life, study, instruction, and entertainment.

Whether I like a book or not is irrelevant. Public libraries do not censor. Period.

]]> By: William http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/pfox-pledges-to-get-ex-gay-books-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-7807 William Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:46:43 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=848#comment-7807 Rather than the fiction section, I think that a section devoted to superstition and pseudo-science might be more suitable for the kind of books that LaBarbera wants to see in public libraries. I noticed some years ago that the publishing company Astrolabio Ubaldini, Roma, which published the Italian versions of Edmund Bergler’s and Irving Bieber’s notorious books (now apparently out of print in Italy, thank God) was the one that also publishes books on astrology, fairies, gnomes, UFOs etc. – which strikes me as highly appropriate. Note that LaBarbera says that he wants to attain this so-called balance “at the very minimum”. That sounds ominous. Does it mean that the attainment of “balance” would be only the first step, and that the next objective would be the banning of all “gay-affirmative” books and of all books that expose the “ex-gay” fraud for what it is? I suspect so. Rather than the fiction section, I think that a section devoted to superstition and pseudo-science might be more suitable for the kind of books that LaBarbera wants to see in public libraries. I noticed some years ago that the publishing company Astrolabio Ubaldini, Roma, which published the Italian versions of Edmund Bergler’s and Irving Bieber’s notorious books (now apparently out of print in Italy, thank God) was the one that also publishes books on astrology, fairies, gnomes, UFOs etc. – which strikes me as highly appropriate.

Note that LaBarbera says that he wants to attain this so-called balance “at the very minimum”. That sounds ominous. Does it mean that the attainment of “balance” would be only the first step, and that the next objective would be the banning of all “gay-affirmative” books and of all books that expose the “ex-gay” fraud for what it is? I suspect so.

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