A Sydney council has voted to ban same-sex parenting books.
Cumberland City Council, which incorporates the western Sydney suburbs of Auburn and Merrylands, made the resolution final Wednesday.
Former mayor and present councillor Steve Christou put ahead the modification ‘that council take quick motion to rid similar intercourse dad and mom books/supplies in council’s library service’.
The movement handed with six councillors for the modification and 5 in opposition to, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mr Christou held up an image of a ebook known as Same-Sex Parents by creator Holly Duhig which he claimed had sparked complaints from his constituents.
The ebook encompasses a homosexual male couple and their son on the cowl.
The ebook by Holluy Duhig, titled ‘Same-Sex Parents’, options two males and a baby on the cowl.
Former mayor and present councillor Steve Christou (pictured) put ahead the modification ‘that council take quick motion to rid similar intercourse dad and mom books/supplies in council’s library service’.
‘This will not be Marrickville or Newtown, that is Cumberland City Council, and we have to respect the needs of our residents,’ Mr Christou mentioned throughout the debate.
He mentioned the council’s spiritual and conservative group didn’t need ‘controversial points going in opposition to their beliefs indoctrinated into their libraries’.
Mayor Lisa Lake voted in opposition to the ruling.
‘If it is not a banned ebook then actually there is not any motive why it should not be out there to somebody who could also be searching for it by means of our libraries, and it is actually not a matter for us to censor,’ Lake mentioned.
‘It’s not reflective of the ideas that Cumberland City Council upholds usually in our group.’
Mr Christou rejected the suggestion the ban was discriminatory, telling the Herald that the ebook was sexualising younger kids.
‘Children are harmless and needs to be allowed to get pleasure from applicable story studying time of their libraries with out being burdened by problems with sexualisation,’ he informed the paper.
Daily Mail Australia approached Cumberland City Council for remark.