The ordinance will create a committee to review books that contain subject matter on racism, LGTBQ issues, and sexuality.
The council then voted in favor of creating a Community Standard Review Committee - it would consist of three mayor and council-appointed members, three members from the local library board, and a board chair acting as a tie-breaker, if necessary. In December, some residents for the ordinance fear their children are in danger of being exposed to material that is too mature for them.
"We feel that it's violating our First Amendment rights and that this is big government," says Katherine Swanson of the Galveston County Library Alliance. "It should be up to parents and children to choose what they want their child to read, and we shouldn't have people dictating what can and cannot be read and where it should and should not be.
Council Member Chad Tressler, who voted against the measure with Tom Crews and John Bowen, believes it will ultimately cost the taxpayers more. "You're probably going to have to buy more copies every time the book is challenged. You can't really review a book without reading it," says Tressler. Tom Crews proposed an amendment that a super-majority vote is needed from the committee, a total of six people, to ban the book under review. That amendment passed 7-1. With the ordinance now passed, the committee will begin its application process, which could take anywhere from 30 to 60 days.
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