A Baldwin County library will not receive state funding after months of turmoil involving “sexually explicit” and “inappropriate” content in books for teenagers.
In a meeting fraught with crosstalk and tension, the Alabama Public Library Service board voted to withhold state funding to the Fairhope Public Library. The library kept some flagged books, including “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in its teen section, instead of moving them to the adult’s section.
“You’re going to be known as the censor for Alabama,” board member Ron Snider told John Wahl, who voted to withhold funding…