Patch AM Review: 'Collective Power' Reversed Library's Gay Ban:

HAUPPAUGE, NY — The Smithtown Library controversy involving the banning of Pride books and other materials from the children's sections was overturned by the same library board after a day of outrage.

David Kilmnick, who runs the LGBT Network, said this is hardly a time to celebrate the library rethinking its decision.

"It was the Long Island community that stood out and got angry," Kilmnick said on Friday's Patch AM. "It was people who got together and were outraged at this hateful, discriminatory act against our children."

While Kilmnick is happy the trustees had the emergency vote, even if it was from the backlash, he looks to Smithtown as a lesson for Long Islanders of "what are collective power and our collective voices can do as a community," he said.

Based on this week's events in Smithtown, his LGBT Network fast-tracked an initiative that starts with a virtual town hall, a "candidate training academy" where they will encourage "people to run for their local school and, now, their local library boards."

You can watch the full Patch AM interview below.