First of Three Parts: Mass. Libraries Are Censoring Books Best Library is Wellesley; Worse Are Lexington, Brookline, Arlington and Other Liberal Towns By Atty. J. Edward Pawlick May 28, 2002

Although Harvard has the largest academic library in the world, with 3.2 million volumes and fifty miles of bookshelves in its 90 libraries, it does not have one copy of Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth by psychiatrist Jeffrey Satinover. The libraries at B.U., B.C.and UMass all have it.

Tomorrow: Are Librarians the 'Book Burners' in Massachusetts in 2002? Thursday: Mass. Libraries Help Peophiles Find Children to Molest Thursday: Librarians Still Celebrate Case Where Chelsea Librarians and Judge Tauro Censored in 1978 Related (today): Basic Books of Conservative Thought Are Censored by Mass. Librarians

The censorship of books in Massachusetts is being done by the ones we trust the most -- those in the public libraries.

This became clear when MassNews took a random list of 11 classic, conservative books, which should be in every library, and identified which of the 35 libraries in the suburbs of Boston have these books on their shelves. The best library is the town of Wellesley which has eight of the eleven books. The towns where liberals are in total charge are those which censor the most. These are Lexington, Brookline, Arlington, Waltham, Watertown and Newton. The library in Lexington has only one of the 11 books on its shelves. The towns of Brookline and Arlington have only two, Waltham has three, Watertown has four and Newton has five. So much for "diversity." The city of Worcester has seven of the books and Springfield has six. The professional librarians appear to be the leaders of the censorship effort. Most Flagrant on Controversial Issues The most flagrant censorship occurs over the most controversial issues, where more - not less -- debate by an informed citizenry should be encouraged. But it is obvious that the librarians do not want debate on anything about which they disagree politically.

Is Your Library Censoring What You Can Read? How to Find Out! What Can You Do About It? Is your library censoring what you are allowed to read? You can quickly find out. A good start would be to see if they have any of the eleven books that appear on our list. The best library had eight of the eleven. The towns that are the most "tolerant" had none. It would be good to point out to them that Wellesley has eight. Make your own list of non-liberal books. If they're not in your library, talk to your librarian and the members of the library board that you elected. If you're a beginner, you should probably not start with Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth. That will bring personal attacks against you because we do not live in a free society. You will be accused of hate. Again, it might be good to point out that Boston University, Boston College and UMass/Amherst all have that book. You might be able to find other libraries that also do. Please send a Letter to the Editor at MassNews and let us know what happens.

One of the important issues currently is what we should teach our children about sex and homosexuality. On that issue, the public libraries are in total denial. They refuse to provide the material for the citizens to intelligently discuss the issue.

Apparently, no public library in the entire state has the thoughtful and scholarly work which argues that homosexuality is a habit that is learned -- and becomes compulsive once that happens. This book was published in 1996 and had its fifth printing in 1998.

However, it is not in any of the 37 public libraries that were examined (including Worcester and Springfield), which causes one to wonder whether this could possibly happen by chance. Every thinking person must wonder whether this is the result of a concerted effort by someone. How can all the librarians know that this book is on "the forbidden list?" And who publishes the list?

The book is Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth by Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, a respected psychiatrist who has lived and practiced in Connecticut -- not Montana -- for more than twenty-five years. He is a former Fellow in Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry at Yale and past William James Lecturer in Psychology and Religion at Harvard. His undergraduate work was at M.I.T.

It's not surprising that Dr. Satinover is also not found at Harvard or Tufts either. They are leaders in "politically correct" censorship. However, the book is available at B.U., B.C. and UMass/Amherst.

When published in 1996, the book went against everything that Gov. Bill Weld was teaching in the schools of Massachusetts. After his narrow defeat of John Silber in 1990, Weld was indebted to the homosexual activists for their money and support. In return, he made the state into the leader of the entire country in promoting the homosexual agenda to our children.

When Satinover's book was published, it would have demolished that agenda if it had become common knowledge throughout the state. Therefore, it is still not on the bookshelf of any of the 37 libraries that were examined.

Why It Was Banned

This passage from the book will indicate why it was effectively "banned in Boston" and the rest of the state.

"Those people who have successfully left the gay lifestyle have done so with difficulty - not because homosexuality is inborn, but because typical gay behavior is very compelling and, more precisely, compulsive. All compulsive behaviors are very difficult, at times seemingly impossible, to change; they will also lead people to do things over and over, irrationally, that have an extremely high cost associated with them - even death."

Once such a pattern is learned, he says, the pattern will never be totally erased.

"Behaviors become increasingly strengthened through repetition. This strengthening physically alters the brain in a way that cannot be entirely undone, if at all; it is modified with great difficulty."

That is why it was so tragic to those who understood these facts to hear the instructors at Fistgate challenge and tease the children to just "try" homosexuality. Most of the citizens of the state were -- and are -- unaware because they have never heard Dr. Satinover's message about compulsive behavior.

A Great Tragedy

Dr. Satinover's book indicates that we have a great tragedy going on in Massachusetts. We are inculcating our more vulnerable children into a tragic lifestyle. We are producing a cadre of young people for the sexual molesters to identify and develop.

Meanwhile, we have seen and identified 50 priests - out of 1000 in the state - who have sexually molested boys. This has outraged all of us. But under the leadership of the liberal elite, led by the Boston Globe, we have limited our outrage only to the Catholic church.

There is still ignorance about Dr. Satinover's book because its message of hope has been banned from the state. It is not important whether Dr. Satinover's thinking is correct. It is very important that his views are not hidden.

Meanwhile, the $1.5 million we are spending to promote the gay agenda among our children was increased again this year despite the great budget crisis.

Framingham Did Well

Another town in the Minuteman Libraries that did well was Framingham with seven of the eleven books. The following have six, Acton, Cambridge, Concord, Medford, and Norwood. The towns of Somerville, Natick, Needham, Wayland and Winchester have five.

The colleges which belong to Minuteman do very poorly. The library at Newbury College has none of the eleven books. The library at Dean College has only one. The stacks at Lasell contain only two, while Framingham State and Mt. Ida have three and MassBay has four of the eleven books.

All of the small towns appear to have little interest in diversity. The library in Ashland won the booby prize with none of the books on its shelves. Those libraries in Dover, Maynard, Medway, Millis and Stow had one book each. The following had two books, Franklin, Lincoln, Medfield, and Westwood. The following had three books, Bedford, Belmont, Dedham, Holliston, and Woburn. The towns of Sudbury and Weston had only four books apiece.