
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, September 16, 1994                   TAG: 9409160039
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FAIRFAX                                 LENGTH: Short

BOOKS MAY BE SEGREGATED

Some reading material could be cordoned off in an ``adults only'' section of Fairfax County libraries in the latest fallout from the battle over a gay-oriented newspaper.

The county's Library Board voted Wednesday to consider placing books or periodicals that seem to promote violence, sex, the occult, abortions or homosexuality out of reach of unaccompanied minors.

``Many laws, whether they be for child support, voting, legal purchase of alcoholic beverages, operating a motor vehicle ... even admission to movie theaters,'' are based on age, said the proposal's sponsor, board member Robert J. Savage.

Despite protests from about 100 demonstrators, the board voted 5-4 to review Savage's plan. The board gave no timetable for its review.

The proposal follows two years of wrangling over the Washington Blade newspaper. The free weekly features articles about gays and a personals section with sometimes graphic language.

- Associated Press

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