Quote:Texas joins states abandoning American Library Association over left-wing ideologies

Republican Rep. Brian Harrison called cutting ties a 'huge win' against an organization that has bowed to woke agendas, including drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries.

(LifeSiteNews) — Texas has become the latest in a slew of states rejecting the left-wing propaganda of the American Library Association (ALA) and cutting ties with the national organization.

Rep. Brian Harrison, who demanded his state leave the organization last month over concerns that its president is a self-proclaimed “Marxist lesbian,” announced Thursday that the Texas State Library & Archives Commission had decided to cut ties with the ALA. The Republican lawmaker celebrated the development as a “huge win.”

The ALA has been under fire for the past several years due to its efforts to bow to woke ideologies, including drag queen story hours, tips on how to “sneak” LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries.

While the top U.S. library organization continues down the path of left-wing agendas, some states have recognized the dangerous potential of these ideologies being passed along to their children. Before Texas’ exit from the group, several states voiced opposition to the concerning Marxist influence leading the ALA, including Idaho, Mississippi, Montana and Wyoming.

“Less than one month after I requested the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to cut ties with the American Library Association, I am excited to report that they just informed me they will not renew their contract with them!” Harrison said.

“This is a win for all Texans, and I applaud the courageous and decisive decision by Chairwoman Martha Wong. Texas should be leading the fight against dangerous Marxist ideology — not subsidizing it with my constituents’ hard earned tax dollars. I’ll continue fighting to protect Texans from having their money weaponized against them, their values, and their children.”

The move comes nearly a month after Harrison wrote to Wong requesting that the state committee abandon its connection with the ALA, which recently hired Emily Drabinski to be president, “a self-proclaimed ‘Marxist lesbian’ and member of the Democrat Socialists of America.”

“Taxpayer funded indoctrination has no place in Texas, yet Ms. Drabinski has promised to radicalize the ALA to ‘advance a public agenda that puts organizing for justice at the center of library work,’” Harrison wrote in his July 20 letter to Wong. “In 2013, she published a paper entitled, ‘Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction,’ where she explicitly opposes library neutrality in favor of forcing librarians to become ‘politically engaged’ from a ‘queer perspective.’”

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

No thanks

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

No thanks

(08-22-2023 03:41 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

No thanks

So, you're good with...

"drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries".

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:41 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

No thanks

So, you're good with...

"drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries".

Damn, you beat me to it.

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

No thanks

(08-22-2023 06:04 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:41 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

No thanks

So, you're good with...

"drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries".

Damn, you beat me to it.

Please come back to reality. When the OP introduces the article as…

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

… shows how out of touch with reality you are. So again no thanks to Texas.

(08-22-2023 06:04 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:41 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 01:48 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Texas, our Texas, all hail our mighty state...

No thanks

So, you're good with...

"drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries".

Damn, you beat me to it.

Please come back to reality. When the OP introduces the article as…

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

… shows how out of touch with reality you are. So again no thanks to Texas.

(08-23-2023 05:21 AM)appst89 Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 06:04 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:41 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:26 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  No thanks

So, you're good with...

"drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries".

Damn, you beat me to it.

Please come back to reality. When the OP introduces the article as…

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

… shows how out of touch with reality you are. So again no thanks to Texas.

That's how she describes herself. So, who is it that is out of touch with reality?

(08-23-2023 08:48 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-23-2023 05:21 AM)appst89 Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 06:04 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:41 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  So, you're good with...

"drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries".

Damn, you beat me to it.

Please come back to reality. When the OP introduces the article as…

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

… shows how out of touch with reality you are. So again no thanks to Texas.

That's how she describes herself. So, who is it that is out of touch with reality?

In one tweet. Why not apply the same rigor to Trump’s tweets?
Trump is not Marxist prog filth

And is it her that is banning books or the GOP?
Why do you want children exposed to porn. Why are you a groomer?

We already know the answer to both.
Yes, yes we do.

(08-23-2023 08:48 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-23-2023 05:21 AM)appst89 Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 06:04 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 03:41 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  So, you're good with...

"drag queen story hours, tips on how to 'sneak' LGBT materials to kids without parental knowledge, and publicly endorsing and participating in initiatives to promote LGBT books in school libraries".

Damn, you beat me to it.

Please come back to reality. When the OP introduces the article as…

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

… shows how out of touch with reality you are. So again no thanks to Texas.

That's how she describes herself. So, who is it that is out of touch with reality?

In one tweet. Why not apply the same rigor to Trump’s tweets?

And is it her that is banning books or the GOP?

We already know the answer to both.

(08-24-2023 08:32 PM)Unionman76k Wrote:  texas dont like alabama

(08-24-2023 05:50 AM)appst89 Wrote:  

(08-23-2023 08:48 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-23-2023 05:21 AM)appst89 Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 06:04 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Damn, you beat me to it.

Please come back to reality. When the OP introduces the article as…

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

… shows how out of touch with reality you are. So again no thanks to Texas.

That's how she describes herself. So, who is it that is out of touch with reality?

In one tweet. Why not apply the same rigor to Trump’s tweets?

And is it her that is banning books or the GOP?

We already know the answer to both.

Can't just admit you were wrong. Sad, but not at all unexpected.

(08-23-2023 09:22 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-23-2023 08:48 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-23-2023 05:21 AM)appst89 Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 06:04 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(08-22-2023 04:20 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Damn, you beat me to it.

Please come back to reality. When the OP introduces the article as…

Quote:They recently put a "Marxist lesbian" and member of the Democratic Socialists of America in charge of the organization.

… shows how out of touch with reality you are. So again no thanks to Texas.

That's how she describes herself. So, who is it that is out of touch with reality?

In one tweet. Why not apply the same rigor to Trump’s tweets?
Trump is not Marxist prog filth

And is it her that is banning books or the GOP?
Why do you want children exposed to porn. Why are you a groomer?

We already know the answer to both.
Yes, yes we do.

(08-24-2023 10:09 PM)BlueDragon Wrote:  

(08-24-2023 08:32 PM)Unionman76k Wrote:  texas dont like alabama

No, Alabama is fine for Texans.

Texans don’t like dense loons that believe and swallow the garbage leftists sell. We send all of those loons to Austin to parade around on Sickth Street.

Must be why NO DEMOCRAT has won a statewide election in over 25 yrs