Ethics

Another Stupid Government Agency

By Ed Brayton

This time it's the public library in Clermont, Ohio. They have a policy that non-profit community groups can use their facilities for meetings, but not for political or religious events. They denied use of the facilities to a group that wanted to put on a Bible-based financial workshop (whatever the hell that is) and the Alliance Defense Fund is suing them. And the library is going to lose, as they should.

When are these government agencies going to get it through their heads that if they make their facilities available to the public for meetings, that includes religious groups too. The courts have ruled on this over and over again. The Lamb's Chapel case was unanimous, for crying out loud. This isn't even remotely controversial, yet it appears too complex for municipal administrators of all kinds.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).