The first pastor story hour to take place in one of the most liberal regions of the United States drew the expected group of protesters, but it also drew an equally large crowd of supporters.
The Chelmsford Public Library, which has in the past fully embraced and promoted drag queen story hours, played the unwanted host to the event on Jan. 14 with public library officials already vowing to change their policy to bar future pastor story hours.
The Massachusetts library approved, then canceled, then—saying openly—that only under legal threat did it restore the event.
A barrage of hateful social media posts linked to LGBT supporters preceded the event, the first of its kind in New England….