REP. NANCY MACE CONDEMNS EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT IN CHILDREN’S SECTION OF CHARLESTON CO LIBRARIES
U.S. Representative Nancy Mace today condemned the presence of explicit sexual content in the children’s section of Charleston County Public Library, calling it “disgusting and unacceptable.”
Charleston County Public Library trustee Graham Horsman documented graphic sexual material located near the children’s section of the John L. Dart branch on King Street, including content depicting explicit sexual acts that is accessible to minors.
“This is p*rn in our libraries. It’s disgusting,” Rep. Mace said. “Parents send their children to the library to learn and explore, not to be exposed to graphic sexual content.”
The material appears to violate South Carolina budget proviso 27.1, which prohibits county libraries from offering materials that “appeal to the prurient interest of children under the age of seventeen” in children’s sections. Libraries that fail to comply risk losing state funding.
“Charleston County Public Library is defying state law and using taxpayer dollars to expose children to pornographic material,” Mace said. “This needs to end now.”
Rep. Mace is calling on the South Carolina State Library to immediately investigate and withhold state funding from Charleston County Public Library until full compliance is verified.
“Protecting children isn’t censorship, it’s common sense,” Mace said. “Keep p*rn out of our libraries.”
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