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Friday Nov 17, 2006
Again with the Gay Penguins? WTF?
For now, as AP reporter Jim Suhr follows up, the book isn't going anywhere. In fact, the local school superintendent thinks the story's "adorable" and perfectly suitable for 4-to-8-year-olds. Suhr also gets my favorite quote, from one of the protesting parents: "Kids have to be kids at this age. I don't know why sexuality of any type is appropriate for kids that age." Yes, that's right, two penguins raising another penguin is "sexuality." By this logic, perhaps we shouldn't tell kids any stories that involve any kinds of parents; after all, even your mainstream heterosexual mommy and daddy fall under the category of "sexuality of any type." Actually, that kind of sweeping elimination might work for that parent, who goes on to ask, "I feel they're learning to count, learning colors. To make that leap to books—is that really appropriate school material?" Books: Are they really appropriate school material? Or just seeds of subversion, waiting to corrupt our children's minds? Email This Post |
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