RICHLAND -- Where do libraries draw the line on what's not allowed?

Porn is one thing.

But what about sites like Maxim, Victoria's Secret, or even Myspace? What if they're censored? And is that unconstitutional?

State supreme Court Justices are considering whether it is constitutional for public libraries to refuse to disable their Internet filters for adults who want access to sites that have been blocked.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the North Central Regional Library District (NCRL) for refusing to unblock legal sites like You Tube and a magazine site about women and guns.

The North Central Regional Library District (NCRL) runs 28 community libraries in Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, and Okanogan Counties.

"They are absolutely restricting access to parts of the interent," Richland Library Manager, Ann Roseberry said. "It's so community specific. In this community women and guns would not be a problem."

So would Richland Library unblock a filter if you asked? Yes.

The Richland Library prohibits sexually-explicit sites, and has filters, but an adult has every right to opt out of using filters.

"Libraries should stay true to their principles," Roseberry said. "And one of those principles is intellectual freedom and free access to information."

So what about the Mid-Columbia Library?

Customers 17 and older may elect to have the Internet filter turned off as long as their Internet use is for lawful purposes and in accordance with library policies. In other words, adults are allowed open access to everything but sexually-explicit sites.

But what is pornography to one person may not be to another.

"I do not believe any way, shape or form, our founding fathers, when they wrote our constitution, had any idea that they wanted our constitutional rights to protect pornography," (R) 8th Legislative District representative, Brad Klippert said.

Klippert supports constitutional rights but leans toward a stricter library policy.

"So I totally support our public libraries from using whatever filters they have to keep pornography from coming through," he said.

So can you look at something sexy online? The short answer is "yes."

Librarians told Action News they've never hauled someone out of the library for looking at Maxim. When they have had issues, they said it's when people are looking at websites that were obviously obscene.

One thing to note, no one library filter is the same. Different filters block out different things and the internet is still a moving target as new sites pop up every day.

A decision from the high court will likely take months.

For a look at the whole case:

Sarah Bradburn v. North Central Regional Library District, No. 82200-0.

Http://www.cdt.org/speech/20090526_bradburn.pdf