Library Settles Suit Over Religious Meeting

I’m confused, too, for a host of other reasons. But first of all, did I read correctly that this is a ‘public’ library?  It seems like a childish response for the library to remedy the situation by barring ALL outside groups from having meetings. What constitutes ‘outside’ groups? What constitutes ‘inside’ groups?  I thought a public library was public, no inside, no outside…so now their meeting rooms will sit empty and the library space not being used to serve the public. And because they barred this group the 10 branch library system is out $10,000.00 - that sounds like a waste of taxpayer monies. It is embarrassing. It is too bad someone that made the decision to bar the meeting in the first place does not have tolerance or acceptance that all kinds of people use the libraries.  I’m sure the people invited to the meeting understood what kind of meeting they were coming to and if they didn’t and once arrived didn’t like the content of verbage have total free-will to leave.  End of story.