Gay Book Flap Erupts Again At Lexington School

[OnyxCougar]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Probably, but irrelevant. I just picked it at random as an example of a classic story with what could be termed heterosexual romance.

Actually, it is irrelevant, since that is the story you're comparing it to. (I've also seen Snow White thrown around as an example.)

I don't think I was ever read "Cinderella" or other fairy tales in a school setting. All that was courtesy Disney, not read to me in school.

And, without trying to derail... Disney and DVD's et al are being used by far too many parents as babysitters.

My point remains that I don't mind if the book is available in the library but I don't feel it should be read to a child that is forced to sit there and absorb it. This is indocrination defined.

Me either, which is why I phrased it as a hypothetical - assuming they are equal in romantic/sexual content except for the genders of the participants, what makes one worse? ... OK, so you won't say indecent, so let's use your word. What makes one inappropriate and the other fine?

My religious beliefs put me at odds with many things society (nowadays) accepts. Some of these are: homosexuality, abortion, and evolution. I don't believe it's right, I don't believe it should be force fed to my child, I don't care who pays for it.

If everyone is paying for it, then everyone should have a fair and equal say. If I don't want my child forced to listen to a book featuring homosexual behavior, then I will pull my child out of school that day.

Why is that so terrible?