a secular library

Today a man asked me for a book on the religious beliefs of the founding fathers (he didn’t know the title, but knew that it had recently come out). I located the book utilizing my increasingly talented gumshoe skills and asked him if this title sounded familiar. He affirmed that was the one, so I set about looking up the book in our catalog. I couldn’t find it right away, so i searched again. During this moment of delay, he rather disdainfully said, and I quote, “Well this is a sort of secular library, you probably wouldn’t have anything about religion.” First, I have never heard a libary described in this fashion. Second, the assertion that because the library is a secular institution it would not carry materials on the topic of religion is completely ridiculous. Third, I put in a suggestion for purchase.