Re: Filtering out Queers is OK

At 10:24 AM -0700 7/21/96, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

The purpose of a librarian is to aid patrons in locating materials and to maintain the order of the library. The Library Bill of Rights (which, of course, legally means nothing) guarantees access to any materials by any patron. If little eight year old Johnny Doe comes and asks for _The Joy of Gay Sex_, a librarian is supposed to do nothing more that point Johnny to the "J" section.

Not in the cities I'm familiar with. And so to do would be wrong, in my view. In fact, library children's programs do a LOT more than simply aiding patrons in locating materials and maintaining the order of the library, so your contention is false on its face. David