CO Library Changes Meeting Room Policy After Being Sued

In Woodland Park, Colorado, the public library has changed its policy and opened its meeting rooms to religious advocacy groups on the same basis as other groups. Denver Channel 7 reported yesterday that the change was impelled by a federal lawsuit that had been filed against the library by Liberty Counsel. The challenged policy had required advocacy groups like Liberty Counsel to allow those with opposing views to speak at their events held in the library. The library's director, Sharon Quay, said although she believed the old policy was proper, she did not want to spend scarce library funds defending a lawsuit.