Effort to Censor Alan Moore Graphic Novel in Kentucky
The book in question titled The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier, contains explicit sexual content including bestiality that could not be shown on TV. Library worker Sharon Cook didn't think children should be able to check it out. She says, "I was shocked. I had for some time been concerned about some of the material I saw coming through."
Library book causes controversy
The latest chapter in the continuing controversy over what children should or should not see in a public library is about to unfold in Nicholasville.
Nov 17, 2009
Denny Trease
The Jessamine County Library board of directors will hold an open meeting Wednesday and take comments from the public about what children should or should not be allowed to see in the library.
That follows the firing of two library workers for allegedly taking matters into their own hands to prevent what they regarded as obscene material from getting into the hands of children.
The book in question titled The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier, contains explicit sexual content including bestiality that could not be shown on TV. Library worker Sharon Cook didn't think children should be able to check it out. She says, "I was shocked. I had for some time been concerned about some of the material I saw coming through."