Orange City, Iowa — Officials at the Orange City Public Library haven’t yet decided how to respond after someone checked four L-G-B-T-Q books out of the library and burned them during the recent Orange City Pride Festival. Paul Dorr, the leader of a religious group called Rescue the Perishing, burned the books in a live post on Facebook to protest homosexuality.
Amanda Vazquez is director of the Orange City Library.
The library board hasn’t yet discussed the book burning.
The books are not technically overdue yet. Vasquez says news stories about the book burning have sparked attention for the Orange City institution.
Dorr had previously said he does not intend to pay to replace the books he burned. Earlier this year, a petition was circulated to have books written from an L-G-B-T-Q perspective removed from the Orange City Library.
