Baptist minister to take post as library administrator in Travelers Rest
TRAVELERS REST, S.C. – The pastor of a Baptist church in Anderson will be the new manager of the Travelers Rest library branch, replacing Nathan Schmaltz, who in June defied orders from Greenville County library administrators to remove a Pride Month display at the location, according to a detailed report by Conor Hughes in The Post & Courier.
(Related on the Tribune: Library board votes to remove all displays amid Pride controversy)
In a Sept. 14 email to library staff members obtained by The Post, Brian Morrison, the Greenville County Library Systems access and discovery director, wrote that Ray Arnett, who serves as the senior pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church of Anderson, would be starting as branch manger this week.
