This mirrors the American Library Association’s policy on meeting room rentals, which says that banning hate speech in library meeting rooms would be tantamount to banning Drag Queen Story Time (something many libraries across the country have, in fact, been forced to do because of protests by right-wing groups).

Those resources could include extra security to insulate Cameron from protesters. “This was a fairly standard procedure meeting room booking request, however the event itself is likely to be more high-profile than most other room bookings and is likely to require additional Library resources due to the anticipated public interest,” a library spokeswoman said. The Library is committed to intellectual freedom,” the spokeswoman, Laura Gentry, said. That would be government censorship and a violation of the First Amendment. “We do not choose who gets to use our meeting rooms or what they are allowed to say or believe. On Saturday, the library issued a statement about its decision and invited the public to submit comments and questions about the event.Ĭontacted about Cameron’s appearance on Friday, a spokeswoman for the library said SPL isn’t “hosting” Cameron or endorsing his views, but providing his group access to a meeting room that’s available for anyone to rent. PubliCola broke the news about Cameron’s appearance on Twitter last Friday. The Seattle Public Library stopped holding Drag Queen Story Time several years ago. On May 27, the Seattle Public Library will rent a 200-person meeting room to Kirk Cameron, the ‘80s TV star-turned-evangelical Christian activist, who’s promoting his conservative Christian children’s book as part of his publisher Brave Books’ “Freedom Island Tour.”According to Brave Books’ website, the tour-which only includes a handful of stops, including on in San Francisco-provides “a wholesome alternative to the Drag Queen Story Hours promoted by woke Marxist librarians.”

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