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If one side feels the matter is too important for compromise and will only be satisfied by total capitulation by everyone else, I fear we will just end up with two libraries: one public, and one private, dividing our support and funding.
I have heard talk lately of “we won’t stop until our demands are met.” Some of the Clean Up Samuels demands *cannot* legally be met.Īll of us must be open to compromises and solutions on both “sides” and in the middle. This would be an impossible solution.Ĭomplaining that the library refuses to separate or cull books in a way that the law would consider discriminatory - specifically because they contain LGBTQ themes or support LGBTQ beliefs or behaviors - will not bear fruit except to further divide Warren County and increase rancor and hurt among us. No matter our opinions about the appropriateness of a particular book(s) for Samuels Public Library’s collections, we cannot expect the librarians or the library board to act illegally or in a way that would open them up to lawsuits in response to community concerns.
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