Petition with over 30,000 signatures urges Cumberland Council to rescind book ban

Petition organiser Caroline Staples discusses the outcry over Cumberland Council’s controversial ban on same-sex parenting books which had gained over 30,000 signatures urging the council to rescind the ban. “I actually went to the council website and watched the debate, and I watched what was said about people I know in that council, and that’s when I became really sad and really disappointed, and I actually became quite alarmed,” Ms Staples told Sky News Australia. “This is a series of books that seeks to look at the diversity of family experience. “Let’s not name call, let’s not stigmatise, let’s not put people in a box. “Rescind that ban, put this behind us, move on and leave our librarians, our hardworking librarians, to keep our libraries the wonderful, exciting, safe places they are.”