Posted on 01/04/2004 4:29:51 AM PST by Huber
BS, it was your quiet effort to normalize queers.
But it does seem to matter to her. Why? Perhaps because she really did intend to send a subtle message of "inclusion," in which case she should continue to do so and find another means of making a living. It isn't that big a deal, and there isn't anything wrong with it. Artists in other media do this all the time when their stuff doesn't sell and they don't want to change it with an eye to something that does. Painters and sculptors and the like don't really starve in this day and age, they merely wait on tables and bitch a whole lot about artistic integrity and commercialization. It's as old as art.
"You could have knocked me over with a feather," Freeman said recently at her home near Penn State University. "The story I wrote had nothing to do with gay issues, and the reference to those fathers was strictly in the background, to show you the kind of people who live on a city block."
Doublespeaking lying liar.
Are there any pot smokers, coke snorters, alcoholics, or other people in a city block? How about gun owning NRA members? Why not bring them into the children's story too if it is to be representative of society as a whole?
Making aberations the "norm" is a part of the homosexual agenda.
My guess would be market.
It's printed, advertised, etc. The government did not interfere.
It is not selling well. That's a market phenomenom.
I'm not so certain that this is a sign of acceptance more than that those that decide are either members of or kowtow to a vocal minority.
I don't care about gerbils, bathhouses, or proper redecoration, until someone tries to shove it in my face. Then there is a problem. And slowly, I am beginning to put this particular issue in the 'problem' category.
The ALA is not "family friendly".
Houston and Harris County recently had a flare up as the operators of both library websites thought it was a good idea to send kids to GoAskAlice for questions on sex. The ALA is what spearheads this garbage.
The ALA also believes that there is no such thing as "age appropriate material"; if it is in a library, anyone adult or minor should be permitted to view the materials. This includes R, X, and NC-17 films, albums with Adult Content warnings, Adult comics (Robert Crumb and others), Madonna's SEX book... While some of these materials may have a place in the library (and other's presence debateable), few of their creators would encourage minors accessing all of them.
Hey, good news for a change! I guess all librarians aren't on the dark side. Note the bias of this article:
At a time when gay culture is gaining wider acceptance in American society -- as reflected in television shows, movies, magazines, fashion trends and recent court decisions --
My translation:
"At a time when normalization of homosexuality is being shoved down the public's collective throats in an increasing fervor of sickening media propaganda disguised as TV shows, movies, perverted and degrading magazine articles, and sicko "fashion" that no one will ever wear except anti-social drug addicts, and court decisions made by black robed Nazgul who want to turn our country into a "gay" friendly socialist bordello..."
(And too bad for the pushers of the "gay" agenda - the majority of people STILL don't accept same sex acts as normal as motherhood and natural as apple pie!!)
There are none so blind as those who do not wish to see.
Actually, "Mohammed has three Gods" (that is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) would be better, ultra radical, and cut right to the heart of Islam.
Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links
There are articles about everything you ever wanted to know (and much that you didn't) about the homosexual agenda, the causes of homosexuality, health hazards of, etc.
Unfortunately, there are indeed homosexuals who go out of their way to contract the AIDS virus.
Here's a review from the School Library Journal:
Grade 3-5-Freeman and Smith team up for a second chapter book featuring Holly, her mother, and stepfather who have just moved from an apartment to a house in San Francisco. In this summer before fourth grade, the child becomes acquainted with her new neighbors while still maintaining contact with old friends. Her two new friends are Xavier, who lives with his two fathers, and Annie, who is Jewish and Chinese. Xavier has a crush on Annie and hopes to win her over by putting her "yucky" baby sister in his de-yuckification machine. At the last minute, Annie decides to accept the baby, and she and Xavier remain friends. The story ends with Holly learning that she, too, will soon have a new sibling. This engaging book, with its humorous drawings, features contemporary middle-class urban life yet deals with the timeless theme of learning to adjust to new situations. It's also a good, nonjudgmental portrayal of alternative family lifestyles.
Marilyn Ackerman, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
It doesn't appear to be "buried in the book" to me. It actually appears to be central theme.
She was not censored. Why would she say that?? She is a moron.
YUP. contradiction. She IS a moron/
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