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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 09:33 AM
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9. what the hell are homeland security officers...
doing this kind of enforcement in the first place? Porn is now homeland security? Or, from the snip below, sexual harassment? What the hell is going on?

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Romer said the officers believed they were enforcing the county's sexual harassment policy but "overstepped their authority" and had to be reminded that Montgomery "supports the rights of patrons to view the materials of their choice."

The sexual harassment policy forbids the "display of offensive or obscene printed or visual material." But in a library, which is both a public arena and a county workplace, the U.S. Constitution trumps Montgomery's rules.
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