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Wahl said they do no not believe they have the authority to dictate to local libraries on book selection. The board is seeking an opinion from the Alabama attorney general's office on the scope of their authority.
"Since the beginning of time, parents have protected children from inappropriate material," Wahl said.
Lauren Boone with Read Freely Alabama told WSFA that the proposal is about censorship, not protecting children.
"It sounds so pretty when you say it's protecting the children when really, that's what it is being marketed as. But underneath it's anti-LGBTQ+," Boone said.
Public libraries have emerged as the latest culture war flashpoint, with some conservative groups putting nationwide pressure on librarians to pull books with LGBTQ material and other content the groups consider inappropriate for children. Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have pushed for state libraries to withdraw from the American Library Association.
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