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| Brian Doyle, The Daily Declaration |
By Gretchen Garrity
The next time local activists spout off about free speech at the library, share this story with them. From the article,"A Western Australian library worker who refused to undergo mandatory 'diversity' training promoting transgender ideology is now taking legal action, after being forced from his job after 15 years of faithful service.
Declan Mansfield, a former employee of the City of Armadale library in Perth’s southeast, said he was pressured to resign after opting out of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) course that, he believed, embedded transgender ideology in the workplace.
'There should be no ideological litmus test that employees in either the public or private sectors should have to pass to gain and retain employment,' Declan told The Daily Declaration.
'This should be especially so in libraries, which rely at their ideological core on the notion of freedom of speech.'"
It would be a terrible pity to find out that such things happen to library staff here in the USA. Another reason the ALA is wholly unsuited to be an authoritative voice for libraries. Like all ideologues who oppose traditional values like parents' rights, the ALA changes the meanings of words to suit their revolutionary agenda. "Equity of access" is just another meaning for forced outcomes.
Some books should be relocated and restricted from children, who do not have the emotional and intellectual development to effectively process certain topics. Parents have the authority to choose sexually charged and ideologically-driven books for their children, but not to force other parents' children to be exposed to them willy-nilly on a library shelf. That's just common sense. It has nothing to do with free speech. But the case below--now that's about free speech:
Our latest legal case, which is against the @CityofArmadale! As Declan says, 'thus far and no further'. pic.twitter.com/yQQQRo42Vy
— Free Speech Union of Australia (@FSUofAustralia) October 20, 2025