My mom called last night to read me this story from my hometown. Enfield has been tallying up the ACLU-worthy violations: last year for holding its public school graduation in a church and now for cancelling “Sicko” because the mayor would prefer the library just “do nice stuff” like show ‘Finding Nemo.’ (One of the mayor’s main concerns seems to be that children will watch the movie. First of all, the movie was being shown at 1:00 in the afternoon on a weekday and clearly not as part of their children’s program. But also, what is he afraid of -that kids will (gasp!) learn something about our healthcare system?)
It’s not that I’m surprised that there are townspeople in Enfield who would complain at a town meeting about the film. I’ve accepted the fact that there are always people who are going to cry injustice or socialism every time their tax dollars are “wasted” on something they don’t like. But I am shocked that elected town officials would actually bend to that pressure.
