Minister Explains Why Local Council Has No Authority to Ban Same Sex Parenting Book

The contentious vote to ban the same-sex parenting book targeting children was later overturned by the same council.

The NSW arts minister will remind libraries it is not their place to ban books, he says. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

New South Wales (NSW) Arts Minister John Graham has explained his adamant opposition to a council vote—and about-face—to ban a same-sex parenting book targeting five-to-seven-year-olds.

On May 22, Mr. Graham released a statement to The Epoch Times following the contentious vote by the Cumberland City Council to remove the book from its four libraries in western Sydney.