A Christian blogger is outraged that drag queens are reading to kids in public libraries
Many libraries have been hosting a Drag Queen Story Time to teach children to be accepting of differences. Some places following this trend include San Francisco, Alaska, and Brooklyn.
These programs have been going on for years. Both parents and children alike see value in them.
Backlash from one Christian blogger
However, a Christian blogger in Canada is deeply upset about the Toronto Public Library hosting a Drag Queen Story Time of their own.
‘I think it’s important for kids to understand that boys don’t have to play with trucks and girls don’t just have to play with dolls,’ Scott Robins, chair of the Toronto Public Library’s LGBTQ kids programming, told The Globe and Mail in January.
Pro-life activist and author Jonathon Van Maren runs the blog LifeSiteNews. He previously urged a boycott of Sweet Jesus Ice Cream, a Canadian ice cream chain slated to open stores in the United States. He accused the company of ‘blasphemy.’
‘Children’s stories about transgenderism’ in the library
Now, Van Maren is targeting the Toronto Public Library.
‘In Toronto, drag queens have been brought in to read stories like My Princess Boy to children and pitch the tenets of transgenderism,’ reads an article on LifeSiteNews, published on 19 July.
Van Maren is referencing the popular children’s book about a little boy who likes to wear princess dresses. The book was written by a mother for her son.
Van Maren complains about the library’s LGBTI programs, which have been in place for months. He goes on to talk about other Canadian libraries with similar programs. These include libraries in Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, British Columbia, and Prince Edward’s Island.
‘LGBT activists are determined to teach their ideology to children, and have focused their efforts on infiltrating the public school system, influencing the sex education curriculum, and ensuring that the concepts such as gender fluidity are taught from the earliest possible age,’ Van Maren writes.
‘Now, it seems, they have successfully managed to insert themselves into the children’s programming of public libraries right across Canada and the United States—with the enthusiastic approval of the library staff. Drag queens and children’s stories about transgenderism are in—and so, again, at yet another venue—Christian parents must be out.’
