Showing posts with label Christian County Library Board of Trustees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christian County Library Board of Trustees. Show all posts

Monday, September 29, 2025

CENSORED...again: UPDATE

By Gretchen Garrity

I was suspended from Facebook this morning:


 Why? "Your account, or activity on it, doesn't follow our Community Standards on cybersecurity." 

I must be a Russian bot.

"Our technology." Uh huh. And Christians are the ones called Nazi fascists.

In order to appeal the "technology" decision, I have to provide email, phone, selfie (and whatever info I need to provide after that). I decline. I did nothing wrong.

But, it is satisfying to know that whichever minions complained, whoever made the decision and presented the reason given, all recognize they LOST the narrative. They had to stop me from commenting on a Springfield Daily Citizen FB post about the Library Board of Trustees because I wouldn't give up arguing for the protection of children and parental rights.

They want you to give up. 

Never give up.

They had to resort to that of which they accuse conservatives. Not one book has been censored or banned from the Christian County Library. They don't even have the satisfaction of pointing to that in order to justify censoring the free speech of others.

In fact, communications professor Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk (who I was engaging when I was so rudely interrupted by the suspension) should complain that a fellow citizen was censored! Indeed, she should be my biggest supporter since she has argued so vociferously that censorship is evil. And all the others on the FB thread who argued so eloquently for smut in the children's section of the library, they should rush to my defense too, right? 

And this just came to me in an email. It's laughable. I had no idea there was any advertising on my account. 


"Inauthentic behavior." LOL. "Or violations of our Advertising policies affecting business assets." That sound like the SDC was not happy with the way the thread was going. LOL.

UPDATE: BTW, as far as I can tell, ALL of my comments have been filtered out. Now that is some Grade A censorship.

Where's George Orwell when you need him?

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

From the Pit of Hell

 

IT'S ALL CONNECTED...

In another tweet on the same subject, Wright said, "The central theme of the paper is "pleasure." This aligns with trends in international sex education policy, particularly the International Planned Parenthood Federation's Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program, which explicitly shifted away from sex education centered around reproduction and toward what it calls 'sexual expression, sexual fulfillment, and pleasure.' Pleasure is one of seven core elements of CSE. Its Youth Policy, applying to 'all young people irrespective of their age,' [bolded] declares a 'right to pleasure' and 'the right of all young people to enjoy sex and express their sexuality in the way that they choose.'"

And, for all those who were at the Christian County Library Board Meeting last night, and might not have a full picture of what the American Library Association is promoting for children in their "Library Bill of Rights" (LBOR):

"Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors: Library policies and procedures that effectively deny minors equal and equitable access to all library resources available to other users violate the Library Bill of Rights. The American Library Association opposes all attempts to restrict access to library services, materials, and facilities based on the age of library users. [Bolded] Amended 2025" (Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights)

And further:

"All people, of all ages, should have equal and equitable access to all library resources and services. The American Library Association (ALA) opposes any efforts to restrict access based on age. Policies and procedures that prevent minors1 from accessing the same resources and services as adults violate the ALA’s Library Bill of Rights. [Bolded] Libraries and their governing bodies should not use age as a reason to avoid potential objections. Not acquiring materials because minors might access them reduces the credibility of the library and limits access for everyone.

Article V of the Library Bill of Rights states, “A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, [Bolded] background, or views.” The right to use a library means that people should have free access to all services, materials, and facilities and unrestricted use of everything the library offers. Any restriction based solely on the following criteria violates Article V:

  • age;
  • apparent maturity;
  • educational level;
  • literacy skills; or
  • legal status.

Further violations of Article V include setting limits on:

  • how old someone must be to get a library card;
  • demonstrated skills or abilities required to get a library card (like signing their name);
  • requiring parental/guardian permission to get a card for anyone old enough to be in the library without parental/guardian supervision;
  • how many or what kinds of items minors can check out compared to adults, or;
  • creating trial periods for library use based on age.

Violations to Article V also include restricting access for minors who don’t have a parent or guardian available to sign a library card application or permission slip, who can’t provide legal ID to verify their name or address, or who can’t visit a library in person." (Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights)

Can you see how children are being made into objects of mere sex and pleasure? This goes against everything that is good and decent. It is designed to dehumanize and demoralize your children. And there were retired teachers, a therapist, and a university professor who opposed the vote last night to remove reference to the ALA's LBOR from the policy handbook. There are HUNDREDS of age-inappropriate and sexually explicit books in our libraries--all shelved in the children's and teens' sections. It isn't just a about a book with two male penguins who raise an egg. It is so much bigger and darker. The opposition seeks to hide the truth.

Please support the efforts of the community to make libraries safe for children. One thing you can do right now, is to send the new executive director an email in support of the Library's direction to make that happen: wblydenburgh@christiancountylibrary.org. The support from the community has been unfailing, and is much appreciated. More than anything, your prayers are needed and gratefully received.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Library Board Meeting Tonight

The Christian County Library will hold its monthly board meeting tonight at 6 p.m. at the Nixa branch. The formal removal of the American Library Association's presence in the policy handbook will be voted on tonight. Agenda HERE. The ALA is a subversive private organization that has great sway over many public and private libraries. Thankfully, more and more librarians are waking up to the insidious indoctrination it seeks to impose on our children and our culture.

Step-by-step, common sense is prevailing.

Ernest Meissonier. The Bibliophile. 1862

Friday, September 19, 2025

Counting the Cost

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 Below is 'the actual cost of thoughts and prayers':

  • Replacing the previous board of trustees
  • Disassociating from the ALA
  • Reworking the bylaws and updating policies to reflect proper governance
  • Hiring of a new executive director
  • Gaining dismissal with prejudice of a lawfare suit

The demons are howling and it is marvelous.



Thursday, August 28, 2025

Pulling Down Strongholds

 

By Gretchen Garrity

Two events happened within the last 48 hours --one local and one in Minnesota. No doubt everyone has heard of the deadly shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota. A disturbed young man who identified as transgender shot through the stained glass windows of the church while children from grades Kindergarten to 8th were at Mass. The BBC article said Robin Westman was obsessed with killing children.

The transgender agenda has made deep inroads into our culture by those who desire to overturn the existing cultural and political landscape. The ideology is destroying lives, as one can see with the tragic event in Minnesota and elsewhere. 

Our library has many books that seek to normalize the transgender agenda among our children and teens.

The second event, a monthly meeting of the Christian County Library Board of Trustees seemingly went off without a hitch. The meeting lasted just over an hour. The Board heard the first reading of a revision of the bylaws and policies that detailed the deletion of any mention of the Marxist-oriented American Library Association (ALA). One of the citizens in attendance, MSU professor Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk, abruptly left in the middle of the meeting. It apparently so disturbed her that she wrote an impassioned opinion piece on her Facebook page some hours later.

The matter of citizens praying during the public comment portion of the meeting was a major issue for her. She writes,

"First, I DO, absolutely, 100% find it offensive when people “pray” at public meetings when the INTENT is to spark outrage or some dramatic response. Why? Because PRAYER, in all its intent, is NOT A WEAPON. It is NOT God’s words for YOUR usage as you see fit. If the INTENT is merely to anger others or to incite some negative response, then I find it offensive on two levels: 1) It didn’t work, obviously; and 2) intention—so removed from God’s love—in this case, makes the act of prayer akin to using the Lord’s name in vain—to swear. To do that, THAT is offensive because it is done deliberately."

The professor apparently has special powers to discern the intent of the citizens who prayed. She claims it was to spark outrage. Why would someone be outraged by the Lord's Prayer (watch HERE, forward to the five-minute mark)?

Public prayer in the United States is free speech. It has been ongoing since the founding of our nation. Prayer belongs in the public square.

And contrary to her assertion, prayer is a spiritual weapon. Scripture speaks to that in almost endless ways from both the Hebrew Scriptures and throughout the New Testament. For instance:

  • Isaiah 54:17 states, "No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me," declares the Lord."
  • In Luke 10, we read, "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."
  • And in Ephesians 6, Paul writes, "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil... For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places... Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit..."
  • Here is 2 Corinthians 10, "For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
  • Christ Jesus says in Matthew 18: "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven."
  •  Psalm 91 is a powerful spiritual weapon, ending with God's promise, "He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him..."

To the professor prayer is illegitimate if not done in the way and the venue she approves. I suspect Ms. Dudash-Buskirk knows somewhere in her inner being that prayer does indeed work. And if she was honest with herself she would admit the "effectual fervent prayers" of a large number of citizens has changed the tone and direction of the Christian County Library. In fact, the professor continues to make several theological errors, stating that loving your neighbor (in this case the little children) is allowing "them their free will."

What sane parent allows their minor children free will to harm themselves? We know that the ALA and its comrades in the publishing and education business desire children to be "free" of the legal and moral constraints of their parents. A clear statist, Dudash-Buskirk is exercised that parents have the right to curate their children's reading material.

As a college professor at MSU, she has free reign to influence your college-age students, and I am sure she does a bang up job of it. But, the Marxists/Socialists/Communists) want your little children, too. There is a saying among the depraved: After eight, it's too late. It applies here, too. Indoctrinating children through early sexualization is a potent weapon of the devil.

Dudash-Buskirk, knowing that her political ideology is at odds with her professed Catholic faith, attempts to indict Christians for being bigots, white supremacists and so on. She writes, "Take your FAKE “Christian” so-called “prayers” out of my face, shove them down deep so you have something to keep you warm at night, because the row you people are hoeing? Well, I hate to tell you, Sweet Cheeks, it is LONG, it is HARD, it is COLD, and it IS LONELY. You are on the wrong side of history: the “white hats” never restrict library access to anyone, the GOOD GUYS do not act AGAINST the BASIC RULES of these United States"

 

Dear Ms. Dudash-Buskirk, protecting children from evil by restricting their access to transgender ideology and obscene books is not being on the wrong side of history. Indeed, I tremble for her at the misrepresentation of God's Word that is laced throughout her Facebook posts.

If she was interested (and trust me, she isn't) in actually presenting the truth of the Scriptures and of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, she would NEVER suggest that protecting children from danger was anti-Christian. Instead, she subverts the truths of Christianity in service to her politics. The politics of the Left are a contributing factor to the demons that drove Robin Westman to kill Catholic children and then himself. If Dudash-Buskirk had knowledge of the demons driving her ideology, she might be able to see past the lies and form a coherent perspective. Instead, she is unstable, halting between two opinions.

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In fact, Dudash-Buskirk claims the Christian County Library as her territory:

"If YOU do not like libraries that follow the rules of the American Library Association, THEN GET OUT of my library.

If YOU do not like when people take your “transparency” for what it is: Blatant biggotry [sic], then GO ELSEWHERE.

If YOU do not like that freedom of assembly and speech protects your rights AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, please, find somewhere that you are comfortable."

The Christian County Library belongs to every citizen in the county. A majority of citizens have spoken, and they do not want smut and dangerous sexual ideologies available to children and teens. For her own peace of mind, Professor Dudash-Buskirk must come to terms with that. The books she wants available to ALL CHILDREN, will NOT be available to ALL CHILDREN. She does not have the right to dictate what others' children will be exposed to.

The professor goes on to suggest that limiting access to sexually explicit and age-inappropriate books is limiting "the ability of people in my community to feel safe in their libraries..."  To her, this is making "it hard for children to learn about other cultures, other people, and sometimes even themselves because YOU think YOU KNOW what is BEST for MY CHILD?"

 The over-the-top rhetoric is not helpful. It does not add to any possible civil discourse. Instead, the accusations, ad hominem attacks and incivility discredit the professor and her false arguments.

The battle against Marxism/Communism/Socialism is a spiritual battle. This ideology is the religion of Satan. They use the ritual of de-moralization of children as a tool to forward their spiritual revolution against God and Christians. These are ancient tactics that have been "churched up." There is nothing new under the sun.

 

Dudash-Buskirk is twisting Holy Scripture to suit her political ideology. In a follow-up post that references the Minneapolis child murders, she urges outrage against "bigotry and hatred." Note she is not outraged that a pernicious transgender ideology so disturbed and destabilized a young man, that he eventually let demons direct his actions. Do listen to Robin Westman. I would advise being prayed up before listening. It is chilling.

 There are many spiritual forces at work in the world, including in Christian County. The library is one of the battlefields. Keep praying. If prayers didn't work, those who are in rebellion to God (whether they admit it or not) would not care if we screamed them from the rooftops.



Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Lori the Librarian--you never know where she will appear next!

 

Lori the Librarian
The defenders of children in our libraries have a new super hero. Her name is Lori the Librarian. Lori is a "devoted mom and defender of truth, Lori protects kids from obscene books infiltrating our communities' libraries."

In a recent article titled "The Battle to Protect Our Kids," Lori writes, "As a new school year begins, I think praying for our children is vitally important. We're not only fighting an ideological or cultural battle--we're also fighting a spiritual one."

 

Later, she shares The Library Prayer. Do read (and pray) it HERE.

And that's not all. Watch Lori the Librarian in action:


Give Lori a follow. A super hero worth emulating.

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Dismissal With Prejudice


By Gretchen Garrity

The case against three Christian County Library Board of Trustees has been dismissed with prejudice.

This was always going to happen. The case never had legs. It was always about trying to force the Christian County Library Board of Trustees members -- Diana Brazeale, John Garrity, and Echo Schneider -- to change their officer election vote.

Every cloud has a silver lining. The lawsuit exposed a great deal about how past library boards gave away their governing power through the ALA playbook. Bylaws and policies were implemented that gave library administrative staff governing power they were never meant to have.

It allowed the administrative staff to operate largely independent of the taxpayers and their duly elected and appointed representatives. It made library boards mere "rubber-stampers" to the agenda of the Marxist ALA. It is why the battle to make the library safe for children is still going on regardless of community input and standards.

The lawsuit, which was "authorized" by the two minority board members, freed up groups like U-turn in Education, the specious blogger(s) We Are Concerned and their various comrades to dox and defame board members with false accusations of "criminal intent," "embezzlement," "Weaponized Incompetence," and so on.

It allowed legacy media reporters to indulge in misleading articles, to champion an opposing group with which they were likely ideologically aligned.

Will we have long to wait to hear about the dismissal of this lawsuit from the News-Leader, the Springfield Daily Citizen, KSMU, and those who campaign against parental rights and child safety?

Public service, true public service, is not for the faint of heart.

Monday, June 23, 2025

Library Board of Trustee Meeting Tuesday, June 24

Not losing sight of the fact that there are hundreds of books in the Christian County Library that seek to indoctrinate, sexualize and exploit children for socio/political aims.

There is a public meeting of the Christian County Library Board of Trustees Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 6 p.m., Nixa branch.


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