Minister Explains Why Local Council Has No Authority to Ban Same Sex Parenting Book

New South Wales (NSW) Arts Minister John Graham has explained his adamant opposition to a council vote—and about-face—to ban a same-sex parenting book targeting five-to-seven-year-olds. On May 22, Mr. Graham released a statement to The Epoch Times following the contentious vote by the Cumberland City Council to remove the book from its four libraries in western Sydney. The decision to put “Same Sex Parents” by Holly Duhig to a vote, was initiated by Granville Councillor Steve Christou, and later reversed at the council’s subsequent ordinary meeting where only Mr. Christou and fellow Councillor Eddy Sarkins stuck to the ban....