‘Ridiculous’: Premier Demands Repeal of Same-Sex Book Ban

Published on May 9, 2024

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Chris Minns has broken his silence on a council’s call to ban a book on same-sex parenting from its library services. Earlier this month, at its general meeting, Cumberland City Council voted by a small majority to remove same-sex parenting literature from the council’s library services. However, Mr. Minns took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on May 9 to call for councillors to repeal their decision, accusing them of using the gay community for political point-scoring. “Cumberland councillors need to repeal their decision to ban same-sex parenting books now,” he said. “We should have faith in our community to choose what they read....

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