Petition organiser Caroline Staples discusses the outcry over Cumberland Council’s controversial ban on same-sex parenting books which had gained over 30,000 signatures urging the council to rescind the ban.
“I actually went to the council website and watched the debate, and I watched what was said about people I know in that council, and that’s when I became really sad and really disappointed, and I actually became quite alarmed,” Ms Staples told Sky News Australia.
“This is a series of books that seeks to look at the diversity of family experience.
“Let’s not name call, let’s not stigmatise, let’s not put people in a box.
“Rescind that ban, put this behind us, move on and leave our librarians, our hardworking librarians, to keep our libraries the wonderful, exciting, safe places they are.”
10 май 2024
