League City council members narrowly approved a measure that will block certain library materials deemed “obscene” from being purchased using city tax dollars.
The council voted 4-3 on Tuesday night to approve the resolution, which will stop city tax dollars from being spent on library materials that contain obscenity or other harmful content, including topics of pedophilia, rape, and bondage.During the meeting, council members removed language from the initial proposal by council members Andy Mann and Justin Hicks that would have blocked city tax dollars from being spent on materials about gender ideology and human sexuality.
Community members packed council chambers and provided more than two hours of public testimony before council members took a vote. A majority of those who spoke to the council were not in favor of the proposal, and the meeting became heated at times with people talking over each other. “Censorship is censorship. Whether you use the name or not, saying something is restricted is the same as censorship,” someone else against the proposal said.
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