Book Banning by the APLS

 

APLS Chairman John Wahl: Fairhope Library Must Fully Comply

with State Code for Funding to Be Restored

MONTGOMERY, AL — Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Chairman John Wahl issued the following statement in response to the Fairhope Library Board’s decision last night to retain the majority of books challenged by parents for sexually explicit content in the library’s youth sections. The APLS Board will formally review Fairhope’s decisions at its upcoming July meeting, and state funding will only be restored if all books containing sexually explicit content—as defined by the APLS Board—have been relocated out of youth sections.