Any time a private group is allowed to post a display on public property, I think it is appropriate for there to be disclaimer that the point of view does not necessarily constitute an official endorsement. I really don't care what the subject is, whether it be civil rights, pet adoption, or picking up litter. So I really wouldn't have any problem with this library district putting a disclaimer on a display by a religious group -- or the ACLU's actions in looking at the library's policy.

I do, however, have a problem with this statement by the would-be censor who is using the ACLU to fight impose his views on the rest of society.

The current display’s reference to the Bible’s book of Leviticus amounts to “thinly veiled hate speech disguised as religion, to give it some modicum of respectability it doesn’t deserve,” [retired attorney Bill] Hugenberg said.

Gee -- differ with Hugenberg over religion doctrine and you are a bigot. What a narrow-minded, intolerant view of the world!

Sounds like hate speech to me.

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