Oooooo...Scary Books!

It doesn't take much to get investigated for sexual harrassment these days (from Special Report):

An Ohio State University librarian is being investigated for "sexual harassment" after he suggested four conservative books for a freshmen reading program. After several English professors at the university's Mansfield campus recommended books by Jimmy Carter, among others, for the program, Scott Savage suggested adding David Kupelian's "The Marketing of Evil" — a book that, among other things, denounces homosexuality.

But faculty members voted unanimously to file sexual harassment charges against Savage after two openly gay professors complained they felt "threatened" by the proposal and one formally notified school officials that he no longer felt safe doing his job because of Savage's action. The university says it takes the charges seriously.

Poor babies.

UPDATE: Finding themselves in the glare of the spotlight over these ridiculous charges, Ohio State has backed down:

After the entire faculty voted, with no dissenters, to brand their head librarian as a sexual harasser because he recommended the bestselling book "The Marketing of Evil" as required reading for freshmen, Ohio State University has finally dropped its controversial charges in the glare of national media attention.

But, warns the librarian's attorney, who calls this one of the most "astonishing" and "shameful" instances of campus persecution he's ever seen, the damage to his client's reputation and career has been done. They've already filed a complaint against three professors for false accusations of harassment and are discussing a more "substantial" response – including possible litigation – to "deter any future tyranny or bullying of others."