When a special U.S. court was considering whether Congress may require public libraries to put filters on their computers to block sexually explicit Web sites, it heeded testimony from young library patrons.”
“Emmalyn Rood of Portland, Ore., used a computer at a local library to find information on lesbian issues when she was in her early teens and questioning her sexual orientation. College student Mark Brown went to a library in Philadelphia to look up cancer treatments and cosmetic surgery when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I needed to figure things out a little bit for myself before I talked to my family,” says Rood, now 17 and attending Simon’s Rock College in Massachusetts. “There is nothing in the world as valuable as information.” (from USA Today)
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