Lord Jesus Christ banned from library

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WWLP) - The Clapp Memorial Library in Belchertown has banned Lord Jesus Christ from entering the building.

Christ, whose full legal name is Lord Jesus Christ III, is a Belchertown resident who lives around the corner from the library.

The Republican newspaper reported that the library's director said Christ was being very rude and "needy." He said Christ was always asking people for paper and pencils and cutting in line to ask questions.

Chief Fran Fox of the Belchertown Police Department told 22News that on September 8th, the trustees of the library filed a trespassing notice that banned Christ from entering the library.

Christ told the paper he was being discriminated against because he was black and a transsexual.

Neighbors told us he sometimes wears revealing women's clothing.

22News went to Christ's apartment to speak with him, but, he was not there. Instead, we spoke with his neighbors who all told us that they supported the library.

"I think it was fair because nobody should go in there dressed like he does with short skirts, thongs showing; and a lot of people are taking their kids out of there," Arlene Weks said.

The library director told the Republican that they did not ban him because of his clothing; it was simply because of his behavior.