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GOP Lawmaker’s Wife Makes Little Free Libraries a Culture War Battleground<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p>The wife of an Arkansas Republican state lawmaker has expanded the culture wars to miniature free libraries that encourage passersby to take a book and maybe leave one.</p> <p>“I have been swapping out books in little free libraries for awhile,” Jennifer Meeks announced in a Facebook post. “From what I have seen a lot of these books and other things don’t align with Christian values.”</p> <p>The Aug. 1 post has since been either deleted or made private, but not before it was screenshot by the Franklin County Social Justice Coalition, which displayed it on the group’s website.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/arkansas-rep-stephen-meeks-wife-jennifer-swaps-books-for-bibles-in-little-free-libraries">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty

The wife of an Arkansas Republican state lawmaker has expanded the culture wars to miniature free libraries that encourage passersby to take a book and maybe leave one.

“I have been swapping out books in little free libraries for awhile,” Jennifer Meeks announced in a Facebook post. “From what I have seen a lot of these books and other things don’t align with Christian values.”

The Aug. 1 post has since been either deleted or made private, but not before it was screenshot by the Franklin County Social Justice Coalition, which displayed it on the group’s website.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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