Some people have nothing better to do with their lives
The Des Moines Register reports..
The Orange City Public Library said it’s exploring legal options after a northwest Iowa man rented and then publicly burned several children’s books Friday.
The second annual OC Pride kicked off Friday with a story time for kids, a schedule shows. About an hour before the event, Paul Dorr started a live Facebook video, in which he stood near the Prairie Winds Event Center. The 27-minute video ends with Dorr throwing at least four books with LGBTQ themes that he claimed he rented from the public library into a burning trash can.
Dorr is the director of Rescue The Perishing, a religious group and website he calls a “crisis center and pro-life, pro-family movement.”
The majority of the live video shows Dorr reading a blog post from the site titled “May God And The Homosexuals of OC Pride Please Forgive Us!”
Dorr declined to be interviewed Monday.
Amanda Vazquez, the library’s director, said she learned of the video on Saturday. The library “alerted the board” and spoke with authorities to determine “next steps,” including possible legal action, Vazquez said.
The Orange City Police Chief confirmed that parties were discussing legal action, but declined to comment further.
“Frankly, I found it disgusting,” said Mark Stringer, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa. “We are disturbed to see this.
“Burning books from a public library is a clear attempt to shut down the open sharing and discussion of ideas,” Stringer said. “It’s one person, or maybe a group, deciding that they’re the gatekeeper of ideas for the rest of the public.”
