<div dir="ltr">Here is the press release from the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) regarding the lawsuit.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:27 PM Diedre Conkling <<a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Wow, I’m passing this along because what happens in one state often ends up happening in other states as well. It probably is worth it to watch this one and see how much traction it gets.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">K.G. Schneider</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kgs@freerangelibrarian.com" target="_blank">kgs@freerangelibrarian.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:22 PM<br>Subject: [alacoun] Fwd: FW: EBSCO and Colorado Library Consortium targeted by lawsuit<br>To: <<a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
<div><div style="font-family:Arial">Just saw this -- it was shared widely across the California State University system. How serious is this?<br></div>
<div style="font-family:Arial"><br></div>
<div style="font-family:Arial">Karen G.Schneider<br></div>
<div style="font-family:Arial">ALA Councilor at Large<br></div>
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<div><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711colour" style="color:black"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></span></span><br></p><div><div style="border-right-color:currentcolor;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:medium;border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:medium;border-left-color:currentcolor;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:medium;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1pt;padding-top:3pt;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="mailto:icolc-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank"> icolc-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org</a> <<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="mailto:icolc-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">icolc-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>George Machovec<br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:30 AM<br> <b>To:</b> ICOLC Confidential List <<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="mailto:icolc@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">icolc@lyralists.lyrasis.org</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> [Icolc] EBSCO and Colorado Library Consortium targeted by lawsuit</span></span></p></div>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><b>Dear ICOLC Colleagues,</b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><b> </b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Today I just received a press release indicating that EBSCO and the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) are being sued over alleged “pornography” in EBSCO products that are being licensed to libraries in Colorado. This is baseless but
is of great concern over broad censorship issues. In some products, EBSCO provides indexing for magazines like GQ, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, etc that they claim have objectionable material along with further links from those articles to Websites they find
objectionable.</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Our consortium (Colorado Alliance) is not in the suit, but our sister in-state CLiC consortium is in the crosshairs since they are licensing for public and school libraries. Be aware that this could spread to your region particularly if
you do licensing for public or school libraries. Other companies like ProQuest and Gale could also be at risk but EBSCO is the primary target in this lawsuit since that is the vendor being used for a big statewide contract.</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">George</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><b> </b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Thomas Ciesielka <<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="mailto:tc@tcpr.net" target="_blank">tc@tcpr.net</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:46 AM<br> <b>To:</b> George Machovec <<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="mailto:George@coalliance.org" target="_blank">George@coalliance.org</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Pornography Hidden in School Children’s Databases: Parents Sue Educational Tech Company</span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">George,</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Today, a law suit was filed suit against EBSCO, a nationwide corporation that imbeds pornography in databases it markets to schools for use by unsuspecting school children for their homework and research, and the Colorado Library Consortium
(details below).</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Please let me know if you would like to speak with an attorney with the Thomas More Society.</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Best regards,</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Tom Ciesielka, TC Public Relations 312-422-1333</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><b><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">Pornography Hidden in School Children’s Databases: Parents Sue Educational Tech Company</span></span></b></span></span><br></p><p style="text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt" align="center"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><i><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">EBSCO and Colorado Library Consortium Are Plying Children with Graphic Pornography</span></span></i></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312.422.1333, <u><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711colour" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="mailto:tc@tcpr.net" target="_blank">tc@tcpr.net</a></span></u></span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><u><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:currentcolor"> </span></span></span></u></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><i><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">(October 10, 2018 – Denver, CO) </span></span></i><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">The Thomas More Society filed suit today against EBSCO, a nationwide corporation that imbeds pornography in databases it markets to schools for use by unsuspecting school children
for their homework and research. In the same suit, the Thomas More Society also sued the <a name="m_-2277762694475087851_m_-5260695570321974711__Hlk526788631">Colorado Library Consortium</a>, a tax-supported nonprofit corporation that knowingly brokers EBSCO’s pornographic databases to schools and libraries throughout Colorado.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“This case is about two things: protecting children and calling out corporate deceit,” explained Thomas More Society Senior
Counsel Matt Heffron. </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“EBSCO gets schools to purchase databases by falsely promising the databases are age-appropriate and</span></span> <span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">specifically tailored for elementary, middle and high school children,” said Heffron. The Colorado Library Consortium has parroted and supported EBSCO in brokering these databases to schools,
according to the suit.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">But unknown to most parents, the databases are anything but safe or kid-friendly. They are riddled with easily accessible
graphic pornography. And both EBSCO and the Colorado Library Consortium are well aware of it, according to the law suit.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“This is not the internet, as some school officials have falsely stated,” said Heffron. Instead, EBSCO controls and limits
the content of its databases marketed to schools. The curated databases are simply initially accessed through the internet. “That control of the databases is why parents can expect the databases to be safe for their children at school,” he said. “They should
not be infested with adult sexual fantasies.”</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">The law suit is filed under the Colorado Deceptive Trade Practices Act, under which it is illegal to make false claims to
sell a product. “These databases definitely are not age-appropriate, nor can parents consider them reliable, as EBSCO claims,” said Heffron. </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">Heffron and the Thomas More Society are representing <a name="m_-2277762694475087851_m_-5260695570321974711__Hlk526767476">Pornography is Not Education</a>, a Colorado group that includes parents who are “understandably outraged” at what they have discovered, said Heffron.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">Parents in Aurora, Colorado, initially discovered two years ago that EBSCO databases marketed for use by school children
contained substantial amounts of easily accessible, hardcore pornography. And they discovered the EBSCO database system bypasses school internet filters and private, parent-supplied internet filters. Within the last year, the Aurora parents have been joined
by parents and citizens in other Colorado counties.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">A month ago, the parents claimed a major victory after one of the largest school districts in Colorado, Cherry Creek, acknowledged
it had discontinued purchasing or using any products from EBSCO. That development followed a two-year struggle with the parents ... and just before to the filing of a law suit against the school district by the Thomas More Society.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“We were happy Cherry Creek finally did the right thing,” said Dr. Robin Paterson, one of the parents most involved in the
effort. “But EBSCO still is supplying its pornographic databases to school children in other school districts across Colorado. With this law suit being filed today, the other shoe has dropped. Now it’s time for EBSCO and the Colorado Library Consortium
to do the right thing also.”</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“EBSCO had plenty of chances to avoid a law suit,” said Paterson. “We tried to work with them for the last two years. So
did the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. But all EBSCO was willing to do is put on a band-aid, not fix the problem.” Due to the materials discovered by the Colorado parents, <a name="m_-2277762694475087851_m_-5260695570321974711__Hlk526790784">the National Center on Sexual Exploitation </a>named EBSCO to both its 2017 and 2018 “Dirty Dozen List” of the worst twelve corporations in America that perpetuate sexual exploitation.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">Technology exists to allow EBSCO to exclude sexually explicit materials from the databases for school children, and it would
be relatively inexpensive for a corporation as large as EBSCO to apply that technology, according to the parents’ lawsuit. EBSCO simply has decided not to use such technology, they say.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">The law suit gives a sampling of what parents have found in their children’s school databases, provided by EBSCO and the
Colorado Library Consortium:</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">a “summer reading list” for children contained many erotic and BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadomasochism) stories, which could be located through as innocent a search as “romance;”</span></span><br></li><li style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">an EBSCO database marketed to school children contained a full-text e-book entitled “Pornography in America: A Reference Handbook,” which contained live url links to a company hosting video
pornography and promoting the pornography industry;</span></span><br></li><li style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">benign searches for terms such as “robotics,” “girl’s stories,” “boy stories,” “grade 7 biology,” and “respiration” retrieved hyperlinks to “Lust”, “Bondage,” “Sex Toys,” and “Sexual Positions;”</span></span><br></li><li style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">more than 100 different instances of advertising for one particular large-scale sex toy store;</span></span><br></li><li style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">an allegedly teen website that advises children to use saran wrap to prevent sexually transmitted disease.</span></span><br></li></ul><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“Children don’t have to be looking for porn,” said Paterson. “They can stumble into it in these EBSCO databases. Imagine
how that might affect your grade schooler!”</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“This case also is about corporations obeying the law,” said Heffron. “It is against the law to ply children with pornography.
If the local convenience store or movie theatre can’t do it, why should EBSCO and the Colorado Library Consortium be allowed to get away with it?”</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">The second count of the law suit, alleging a civil conspiracy between <a name="m_-2277762694475087851_m_-5260695570321974711__Hlk526792098">EBSCO and the Colorado Library Consortium</a>, lists six federal and state statutes outlawing sexually explicit materials from being supplied to children. These statutes apply two well-established legal standards, “obscene-as-to-minors”
and “harmful-as-to- minors,” which have withstood constitutional challenges. The law suit alleges EBSCO and the Colorado Library Consortium agreed, at least tacitly, to violate laws such as these.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“As one would expect, courts apply a much stricter standard when deciding whether to shield children from pornography than
they apply when deciding cases involving adults” said Heffron.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">The Thomas More Society, and the Colorado parents, find themselves now on the forefront of what appears to be shaping up
as a national movement of parents outraged by pornography in the schools. The Colorado parents demonstrated their EBSCO searches recently to Utah parents, who in turn brought to the attention of the Utah Education Network, which immediately shut down EBSCO
while Utah investigates. <span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711colour" style="color:red"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">“EBSCO claims to be in 55,000 schools across the country,” said Heffron. “We’re just getting started.”</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">In April this year, the Thomas More Society filed a law suit against a Chicago public school, <u><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711colour" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/COUR.Complaint.EmergencyInjunctive.Relief.2018-04-16.FILED_.pdf" target="_blank">(<i>Wagenmaker et al (parents) v. Kenner et al. (Whitney Young administrators</i></a></span></u><i>), </i>forcing the school to cancel sexual education instruction for 7<sup>th</sup> through 12<sup>th</sup> graders by a sex columnist, whose extensive online articles advocated casual hook-up sex, pornography use, and other risky sexual behaviors.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">In the Colorado case, the Society is associated in this case with attorney Theresa L. Sidebotham, of Telios Law, Monument, Colorado, whose law practice regularly includes
advising organizations on how to protect children, particularly those harmed by sexual abuse.</span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt">Read the Complaint, <i>Pornography is Not Education v. EBSCO Industries, Inc. and Colorado Library Consortium, </i>filed by the Thomas More Society at the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on October 10, 2018,<span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711colour" style="color:red"> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EBSCO-2018-10-10-Filed-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank"> here</a> [<a href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EBSCO-2018-10-10-Filed-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EBSCO-2018-10-10-Filed-Complaint.pdf</a>]</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711highlight" style="background-color:white"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">George Machovec</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Executive Director</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries</span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711font" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="m_-2277762694475087851m_-5260695570321974711size" style="font-size:11pt">3801 E. 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Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800.</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">Danielle Jones</font><div><font size="1"><i>Oregon Library Association ALA Chapter Councilor</i></font><br></div><div><font size="1"><i>Teen and youth librarian at Multnomah County Library</i></font></div><div><font size="1"><i>My pronouns are she, her, hers</i></font></div></div></div></span></div></div>