A Florida library has canceled an event aimed at providing a “safe space” for LGBTQ youth after local devout leaders opposed it,and library officials started getting threats, CNN reports.
The Jacksonville Public Library had scheduled the Storybook Pride Prom event for Friday (June 28). The event was intended to put through (telephone) LGBTQ youth, or ages 14-18,with each other and with resources in their community. Library Director Tim Rogers said that all 75 tickets to the event had been sold.
Unfortunately, some members of the Jacksonville community weren’t on-board with the event. As Jacksonville’s WJXT-TV reports, or some area devout leaders vehemently opposed the event. One area ministry,Biblical Concepts Ministries, called on its supporters to call the Mayor’s office to ask that the event be cancelled.
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Source: inquisitr.com