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kim reid
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kim reid

it's the right thing to do. Let kids decide their preference when they are old enough. NOT through the children's book section of a public library! Basically force feeding sex preference on children.

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P Robbins
P Robbins

Sexual preference isn't "decided." It simply is. Think about it, and try to see if you can change yours.

Deb Kizer Dyck
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Deb Kizer Dyck

I don't know why they should be randomly placed, all other categories are separated, like fiction. Mystery, humor, travel, etc. They should especially be away from children's books.

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Robert 'Lew' Lewandowski
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Robert 'Lew' Lewandowski

The central issue concerns the exposure of minor children to explicit sexual material. One of these disputed books graphically illustrates oral sex involving minors. That is the very definition of child pornography. Movies have age restrictions, explicit books should have similar age designations.

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P Robbins
P Robbins

Title and author, please. I call BS.

M Vigoren
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M Vigoren

It’s own section away from children books

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Mickie Cleveland Kampstra
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Mickie Cleveland Kampstra

Yes, just like other categories of books are placed together.

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No

Skye pie
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Skye pie

People try to distinguish lgbtq people too much they get their own everything can yall stop amping their head and making them believe they can trample or people because they have the work and government on their side and they think they run everything

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Inge Kriegler and Michael Ward
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Inge Kriegler and Michael Ward

I don’t believe LGBTQ sexually explicit or any sexually explicit information should be given to young children any more than cigarettes. Wait till they are old enough to vote and let them make up their minds as to what they want to read

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Lynn Huntley
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Lynn Huntley

Absolutely NOT. Everyone wants freedom of speech, as long as they agree about what is being said. Our kids are bullied enough without adding this to their plate.

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P Robbins
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P Robbins

Putting these materials in their "own" section is simply another way to discriminate against people who already face baseless discrimination.

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Megan Basl-Huff
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Megan Basl-Huff

This should not be taught to children of any age until they are old enough and mature. As in have gone through puberty and know right from wrong etc.

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James Waynauskas
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James Waynauskas

Should just be in with other books

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Dianne Price
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Dianne Price

We can't support censorship!!

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Kimmy Wasatch
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Kimmy Wasatch

It makes no difference to me what a persons sexual preference is until, it is made an issue of and belief that the LGTBTQ community should have special privileges. Books should be on shelves but NOT have a special section and especially NOT for children.

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Paige Farris
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Paige Farris

Libraries are for the general public and follow the Dewey decimal system. Very few of any specific topic gets its own section. AND libraries are the originators of First Amendment rights. I'm sorry there are so many parents in Crook County who are scared of homosexuality.

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TB West
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TB West

Segregating out and eventually banning certain books is traveling down a dangerous road - as Americans, we should be better than that.

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I go to the library.

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Online!

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I go to the library.

Jer W
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Jer W

There are many things to learn from at the library instead of just books. Go take a look and see what other stimulating materials are there!

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Dianne Price
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Dianne Price

Avid reader need large print books---so to the library I go!!

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Gabe West
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Gabe West

It's a mini library

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Gabe West
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Gabe West

Why does bend need a second library the one downtown isnt even that busy

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Gabe West
Gabe West

Everytime I go their it's not that busy, I don't go their that often

CB
CB

Like you go to the library. And this would be a third location in Bend, there is one on the Eastside near Costco. Further proof you don't know anything about how busy the library is, you just like to hear yourself whine.

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Jane CommunityMember
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Jane CommunityMember

I use the online auto repair manuals when I work on my car :)

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Rick Allen
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Rick Allen

Neither, I do not use the Library, not sure why we even need on with the internet?

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I love to buy them!

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I'd rather save cash

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I love to buy them!

Brad Livsey
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Brad Livsey

The libraries are indispensable! But, in our travels every town we'd come into it's the "used book stores" the boys would spend their money in. Lots of books for a buck then.

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k san
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k san

I buy. The only books I check out of the library are travel books for a spot where I am traveling to.

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Jessie Wutzername
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Jessie Wutzername

I like to borrow books from the library, but can’t always read them before they’re due. There’s often a hold on them when I try to renew. So I like to buy them used, and can read them at my own pace.

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Joyce Hamlin-cutler
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Joyce Hamlin-cutler

The problem is that they closed the store in LA Pine to create an office. For some reason a library is not a quiet area like it was when I was a kid. They are making a office into a quiet room..

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Ann Harbert Evensen
Ann Harbert Evensen

I am not sure what you are commenting about. Store? office?

I'd rather save cash

Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

I use audible.com

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Patricia Brady-McKinney
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Patricia Brady-McKinney

I borrow books from the library as well as buy books for my Kindle. I can not read small print anymore withut headaches so my Kindle is great. The library has so much to offer.

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Ann Harbert Evensen
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Ann Harbert Evensen

The library is so well stocked, I pay with my taxes.....why buy.

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Christina TnT
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Christina TnT

We also live a more minimalist lifestyle so we don't want them in our space once we're done reading them.

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Gloria Mathews
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Gloria Mathews

Our library has just about everything you could want. You may have to wait a bit for the most popular titles, but that’s fine with me. It means more people get to enjoy the books.

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Gloria Mathews
Gloria Mathews

Also, this question is very poorly worded. You can do better KTVZ!

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