<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry for cross posting.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm in need of help. Around the library we are displaying flags for pride month. Our actual book display is for Eric Carle since he died, and we are very small so only have room for one display. I got an email from a patron complaining about the flags. I tried searching online about how to respond to someone who complains about a display, but all of the responses have to do with books. I need to respond to this email diplomatically, but also tell her we aren't taking the flags down because she asked us to. The following is the email she sent:</div><div><br></div><div>
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Dear Librarians,</div>
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I was in the library today picking up a book. I hesitated to say
anything because I so appreciate the hard work of all the library
volunteers and I did not want to offend anyone. But as I have been
thinking about how disturbing my experience was, I think
that it may be helpful to you to know what caused my distress. Gay
flags, transgender flags, etc. flying everywhere. It may be politically
correct to celebrate gay behavior, but for many of us in Douglas
county, it is no cause for celebration. It is particularly
disturbing because you have such a wonderful outreach to children. It
is child abuse to encourage children to destroy their health with
untested hormonal treatments and to mutilate their beautiful bodies
surgically. Furthermore, encouraging gay and lesbian
relationships condemn the child to a life of being unable to have
children of their own. I am not alone in my concerns.</div>
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This is a community library and it is not helpful to alienate a large segment of the community if you want community support.</div>
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Please reconsider your offensive advocacy of such a controversial issue.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Any suggestions for how to respond to this email would be greatly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=14y2kscJe7v_G5S91Dy-ugtPJA2cQ3zsB&revid=0B2fqwBVQaLYuSEJtOTdwVTNzeUFEQUlZLy9zQThVeFVHY0hnPQ"></div></div></div></div></div>