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Julia Conley

Mich. library defunded over LGBTQ+ book

Stack Of Books On Table In Library (Getty Images/Rachan Panya/EyeEm)

A library in western Michigan is at risk of closing in the next year after town residents voted against a tax that would have funded 84% of the facility's budget, following a fight over a book with LGBTQ+ themes on the library's shelves.

On Tuesday, people in Jamestown Township voted 62% to 37% against approving a millage that would have been applied to residents' property taxes in order to fund Patmos Library.

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