Wyoming firing of library director who refused to remove objected books ends up costing county $700,000

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html

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[Ping Tung]

1. There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness. H.L. Mencken

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Good.

Yes, parents can and should monitor what their kids read, but most of these objections are nonsense.

I will add that I paid a lot of attention to what my kids read, and I do recall one of them telling me in 7th grade that he didn't think I'd approve of the book they were reading. Can't recall the specific book, but I read it and saw no problems.

[RockRaven]

3. Good. More of this please.

[AZJonnie]

4. I would imagine the "sexual content" in the children's section was like a female child character thinking of smooching

another female child character, holding her hand, "wondering if she likes me", etc.

Ya know, hardcore stuff

[babylonsister]

5. Excellent! nt