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Irving residents press council to remove sexually explicit books from public libraries
Summary
At the Oct. 23 council meeting, multiple Irving residents urged officials to remove sexually explicit books from children’s and young-adult sections of Irving Public Libraries, citing Texas law and requesting a policy overhaul and staff education.
Several Irving residents used the city council’s public-comment period on Oct. 23 to demand the removal of sexually explicit materials from the Irving Public Libraries and to press city leaders to adopt collection rules aligned with state law.
At the start of public comment, Erin Perdue said she was “very dismayed” after learning that pornographic and “******** explicit” books had been found in the Irving library system and urged leaders to move such books out of the children’s and…
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