It’s a Moral Issue

It’s a “moral issue” that the Warren County Board of Supervisors (WCBOS) must address … the “moral issue” that needs to be addressed (and resolved) is the purchase and display of pornographic and age-inappropriate materials at the Samuels “Public” library… the library is not actually public but is a private 501c3 organization that is unsupervised by the County, yet receives nearly a million dollars each year to spend solely as their administrators see fit (the fox watching the chickens).

Advocates for retaining and displaying these pornographic materials represent a very small but very vocal segment of the community, and they feel justified in compelling the vast majority of our residents to not only allow them to pursue a path that leads to, at best, an unhealthy lifestyle and at worst, a self-destructive end, but they also seek affirmation and respect for their bad choices.

The problem with the library began when a group of young mothers and fathers discovered the pornographic and age-inappropriate materials on display (for even the youngest library goer) and requested their removal. It has escalated because of the library’s steadfast rejection of removing the easily identifiable filth and its “heels dug in” refusal to recognize that the issue is a “moral issue” and not a fabricated issue about censorship, book burning/banning or discrimination… mischaracterizations which are always the aim and tactics of those that champion such actions as sodomy, chemical castration, and surgical mutilation (we must call it what it is)… in the name of toleration and inclusion?

Again, the issue with the library is a “moral issue” and remains a “moral issue,” irrespective of the concerted efforts of perhaps less than 1 % of our county citizens to reframe it as an entitlement, equity, or fairness issue… Our local library has the responsibility to choose books and other reading/viewing materials that reflect the community’s moral standards. Pornography and age-inappropriate materials do not reflect our community standards and should not be placed on the library shelves any more than should books about manufacturing homemade bombs and like destructive efforts.

The issue, problem, or situation (however it is characterized) has been presented to the WCBOS for resolution. It is my hope (and the hope of all library supporters who are seeking the same safe environment and healthy activities and reading materials that our predecessors have enjoyed over many years) that the WCBOS will respond appropriately and decisively and make the Samuels “Public” Library a truly public library, will direct the removal of the pornographic and age-inappropriate materials and disassociate the library from the American Library Association that is led by a self-described “Marxist Lesbian.”

This is not a time for the WCBOS to be timid or complicit or acquiesce to the rantings of a handful of vocal but “morally confused” individuals.

The WCBOS deserves the visual and verbal public support of the county residents who agree, and I urge them to show up at the Tuesday WCBOS meeting (7:00 PM, Sep 5, 2023) and make their wishes known.

Dale Carpenter
Front Royal