{"id":533447,"date":"2022-12-31T03:27:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T00:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kirk-cameron-exaggerated-record-turnout-at-book-reading-library\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T03:27:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T00:27:38","slug":"kirk-cameron-exaggerated-record-turnout-at-book-reading-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kirk-cameron-exaggerated-record-turnout-at-book-reading-library\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kirk Cameron exaggerated &#8216;record&#8217; turnout at book reading: library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27126185156\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27126185156\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kirk-cameron-exaggerated-record-turnout-at-book-reading-library\/#%E2%80%9CKirk_Cameron_exaggerated_%E2%80%98record_turnout_at_book_reading_library%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Kirk Cameron exaggerated &#8216;record&#8217; turnout at book reading: library&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKirk_Cameron_exaggerated_%E2%80%98record_turnout_at_book_reading_library%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Kirk Cameron exaggerated &#8216;record&#8217; turnout at book reading: library&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Paging a statistician!<\/p>\n<p>Actor\u00a0Kirk Cameron claims a record crowd showed up Thursday to hear him read his new Christian-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d children\u2019s book at the Indianapolis Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a message to every library in the United States,\u201d Cameron\u2019s publisher, Brave Books,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraveBooksUS\/status\/1608549471646027776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1608549471646027776%7Ctwgr%5E76634ebbfecdf1c020b0332a7c5d61974eaa57fc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fvideo-massive-overflow-audience-descends-upon-kirk-camerons-god-focused-childrens-book-reading-at-indianapolis-public-library\">tweeted<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 137 years of the Indianapolis Public Library\u2019s history, NEVER ONCE have they had over 2,500 people show up to a single event. UNTIL TODAY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the library is pushing back against these attendance figures and other assertions, which Cameron repeated in a Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> appearance Friday that drew more attention to his efforts to drag story hours led by drag queens.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-02.jpg?w=801\" alt=\"The actor says more than 50 libraries denied his request for a story hour.\" class=\"wp-image-25190962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1602 1602w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1202 1201w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=801 801w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=401 400w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\"\/><figcaption>The actor says more than 50 libraries denied his request for a story hour.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\/@BraveBooksUS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are being inaccurately portrayed in news\/social after a room rental yesterday,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indylibrary\/status\/1608832073426685956\">Indianapolis Public Library tweeted Friday.<\/a> \u201cOur estimated door count during the event is around 750, not 2,500. We\u2019ve had larger events. We turn 150 yrs old in 2023. And our auditorium, which our guests chose not to rent, holds 300, not 2,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday on Fox News, Cameron said more than 50 libraries across the country ignored or refused to host readings of \u201cAs You Grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGrowing Pains\u201d actor described the book as \u201cbiblical wisdom and the fruit of the spirit, which is love, joy, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, self control.\u201d He threatened legal action against the \u201cwoke libraries\u201d \u2014 even going so far as to pull out a copy of the Constitution on air.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/crowd-gathers-for-kirk-camerons-controversial-book-reading-at-scarsdale\">Cameron, 52, read his book<\/a> Friday afternoon at the Scarsdale Public Library, but complained on Fox News he wasn\u2019t given equal promotion to a drag queen story hour.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"He claims record crowds came out - but the library disagrees.\" class=\"wp-image-25191016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kirk-cameron-221230-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>He claims a record crowd came out in Indianapolis, but the library disagrees.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/@BraveBooksUS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These reading programs have ignited controversy in recent months as attacks against the LGBTQ+ community rise.<\/p>\n<p>A gunman\u00a0killed five people and wounded 17 inside\u00a0a Colorado LGBTQ+ club last month in what prosecutors have classified as a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron has criticized homosexuality in the past, describing it as \u201cunnatural,\u201d \u201cdetrimental\u201d and \u201cultimately destructive.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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