Menomonee Falls Library CENSORING Children's Artwork

Curtsy to Randy Melchert -

Listen to Mark Belling talk about it (MP3 – Part 1) (MP3 – Part 2) (MP3 – Part 3)

Menomonee Falls Public Library is holding a parochial art fair this month:





Keep in mind that libraries are opposed to censorship (this pix was taken today in West Bend’s library):



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Let’s see what’s so controversial!





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Unfortunately, the judging for this art show has already taken place and the children who had their artwork tossed will no longer be eligible for an award.  Yet another librarian confused about who she serves.  The taxpayers are the ones these librarians represent, yet they continue to censor books, and now children's artwork.  Shameful.


Keeping an open ear....

ALA ACLU CENSOR Miami School Board over Cuban Book - LOSES BATTLE IN SCHOOL LIBRARY

From the mouths of babes.


It appears the ACLU, with it's cohort ALA (American Library Association), were pounding on a Florida school in order to keep a book that the school board wanted removed from the school library, citing it "presented an inaccurate picture of life in Cuba." The original complaint was filed by a former political prisoner of Cuba.  Whether this information about the book itself is true or not, I can't say, but I find it ironic that the very same organizations that came into West Bend, demanded their version of FREE SPEECH, then CENSORED community standards, has taken their battle to Miami to do the same - AND LOST.  




School board members in Miami have won their battle to remove a children's book from the shelves of Miami-Dade school libraries because they said the book presented an inaccurate picture of life in Cuba.
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The board majority said the book was inaccurate and contained several omissions about life in Cuba under Fidel Castro....
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida had appealed to the high court to overturn the 11th Circuit decision.
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The action lets stand a 2-1 ruling by the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals that the school board's decision to remove the book was not censorship in violation of the First Amendment. Instead, the Atlanta-based appeals court said the school board was seeking to remove the book because it contained substantial factual inaccuracies.


He (ACLU Exec. Dir. Howard Simon) added, "If that is to become the new standard for censoring books from public library shelves, the ACLU may be immersed in censorship battles for years to come."


Bring it on!


I think Cuba would gladly welcome the ACLU and ALA.  Perhaps they should consider relocating.


Here is the ALA commentary:


Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, told American Libraries,“Naturally we are disappointed with this decision. The book ban is unconstitutional, and we will continue to support the ACLU’s efforts to return the books to the shelves of the Miami-Dade school libraries.” ALA’s Freedom to Read Foundation had filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF file) for the plaintiffs in ACLU of Florida v. Miami-Dade School Board, along with Reforma and other groups.

Source: "Appeals Court: Miami-Dade Book Ban Isn't Censorship," by ALA, American Libraries, 11 February 2009.

NCAC Loses Credibility - Supports PORN

But we knew this.  They hopped right in to the West Bend Library issue and supported the porn in our youth section, as well.  Read on.


From SafeLibraries:
The National Coalition Against Censorship [NCAC] is promoting pornography. Literally, promoting porn. Colored ribbons, contacting elected representatives, thanking porn purveyors, sending money to the ACLU, everything.

This is the very same organization that writes to communities nationwide to convince them not to legally protect children from inappropriate material, like in Leesburg, FL, or West Bend, WI, etc. It even has a "Book Censorship Toolkit" for public schools and a "First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide."


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When the NCAC comes into your town to tell your leaders how not to protect your children, you'll know what to do after reading this:  Plaid Ribbons for Pornography Awareness,"by National Coalition Against Censorship, Blogging Censorship,  30 October 2009. ....