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Nobody could predict a little library in Ottawa County, just southwest of Grand Rapids, would ignite a literary culture war across Michigan when it chose not to pull a handful of LGBTQ books from shelves in 2022.
In what would be a highly unusual move, a county prosecutor is considering criminally charging library officials if they do not remove an LGBTQ book that contains drawings of sex acts. Lawyers interviewed were skeptical such an action would be constitutional.
LAPEER A Feb. 16 meeting of the Lapeer District Library Board in the meeting room of the Marguerite deAngeli Library in Lapeer was adjourned due to crowd capacity limits. That meeting will reconvene Thursday, March 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lapeer Center Building, 425 County Center St. in Lapeer. Nearly 100 people attended