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How can go go against a bunch of moms, you are supposed to listen to your mom? Moms are like apple pie, American flags on the Fourth of July, how can they be wrong but...

Moms for Liberty bring hundreds to local library, in support and protest of book event

WHNT CBS

By: Kayla Smith

August 6, 2023 

Controversy surged ahead of the Brave Books “See you at the Library” event hosted by the Madison Chapter of the Moms for Liberty on Saturday.

Hundreds stood outside of the Madison County Library hoping to gain entrance to the event, and nearly 300 more gathered at the second reading taking place at The Rock.

“When I was hearing they were trying to cancel the event, I was none too happy, and I’m really glad that they decided to make it go through,” said event supporter Samuel Brun. “First amendment wins.”

“Initially, the organizers of the event reported 20 attendees to library officials. On Tuesday, the Library learned that event organizers are now expecting over 300 people, a number that far exceeds any meeting room capacity within the Huntsville-Madison County Library System,” the library said in a statement on Thursday.

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“In short, whether over concerns of security or capacity, you have censored our

client,” Dys said. “It may be just one event—just a story time at the local library by a Christian children’s book author—that you have canceled. Large or small, such unbridled

censorship impacts the freedom of speech upon which we all depend in this free society.”

I don't think that limiting the seating in room because of fire safety is discrimination. You know when you tell someone that only twenty people will be attending and then you bump it up to 300, yeah I would say "Hey wait a minute!" also.

People were turned away for wearing LGBTQ tee shirts, and also single adults.

“The police officer said, ‘It’s like a restaurant. They can refuse to service to anyone,'” said Elliott. “So I did try to take video because I was appalled she was being treated that way in front of her child. All she was trying to do was go in and listen to a book.”

Um... mister officers no it is not and they have to obey non-discrimination laws like everyone else, it is a public event.

Meanwhile outside were protesters,

“This is not about love; this is about hate,” said event protestor Nico Cunningham. “They have a right to first amendment speech and to use public spaces. We just want to make sure everyone understands that some of the things that they are putting in these brave books are basically telling kids that I don’t exist, and that really bothers me.”

WAFF reported...

Meanwhile, protesters were giving away hundreds of books that Moms for Liberty had a hand in banning from schools and libraries in other states. The group usually targets books dealing with gender or LGBTQ issues. They say it’s about keeping adult content away from kids.

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Both protesters and supporters tell me there were conversations between the two sides with zero hostility in-between.

Moms for Liberty say they are for parental rights but only their rights, the rights of other don't count. Other people's religious values don't count only their religion counts. It seems to be a one-way street for them.