15. February 2022
The Madison County Library System is under fire by Ridgeland mayor Gene McGee, because it displays books with LGBT themes and by LGBT authors. The mayor said that complaints had been made after a new book display in September 2021, in which books with LGBT themes had been displayed among other books. As a result, the mayor pleged that he would withhold annual funding of up to $110,000, saying that he does not believe any sexually explicit material should be displayed in libraries. McGee said...