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Parents of first-grade girl angered by children's book about gay princes
Star Tribune ^
| March 18, 2004
| Associated Press
Posted on 03/18/2004 5:17:04 AM PST by wallcrawlr
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The parents of a first-grader are fuming over the book their daughter brought home from the school library: a children's story about a prince whose true love turns out to be another prince.
Michael Hartsell said he and his wife, Tonya, couldn't believe it when Prince Bertie, the leading character in ``King & King,'' waves off a bevy of eligible princes before falling for Prince Lee.
The book ends with the princes marrying and sharing a kiss.
``I was flabbergasted,'' Hartsell said. ``My child is not old enough to understand something like that, especially when it is not in our beliefs.''
The 32-page book by Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland was published in March 2002 by Tricycle Press, the children's division of Ten Speed Press of Berkeley, Calif. A follow-up, ``King & King & Family,'' was recently published.
The publisher's Web site lists the books as intended for readers age 6 and up.
Barbara Hawley, librarian and media coordinator at Freeman Elementary School, said the book has been on the library's shelves since early last year.
``What might be inappropriate for one family, in another family is a totally acceptable thing,'' said Elizabeth Miars, Freeman's principal.
Hawley said she couldn't comment on the book because she hadn't seen it. She declined to say whether she knowingly selected a book on gay marriage.
The Hartsells said they are keeping the book until they get assurances it won't be circulated. But Hawley said all county schools have a committee that reviews books after their appropriateness is questioned, and the Hartsells must make a written complaint and return the book for review.
The Hartsells said they intend to file such a complaint and are considering transferring their daughter.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: North Carolina
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To: wallcrawlr
Just damn.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:18:20 AM PST
by
mware
To: wallcrawlr
Charles Hanover-Windsor could not be reached for comment.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:20:18 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(Repeal the Rockefeller AND Sullivan Laws!)
To: wallcrawlr
Sensitivity/tolerance training starts early these days. Another fine example of your tax dollars at work.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:20:51 AM PST
by
shezza
(Got Ultrakonservativen?)
To: billbears; Constitution Day; mykdsmom
Our neck-o-the-woods ping
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:22:17 AM PST
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: wallcrawlr
This kind of thing has been done before:
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:22:31 AM PST
by
jtminton
(T.R.O.P. is tripe!)
To: wallcrawlr
Come on folks, this isn't the 90's anymore! I'm going to get me a bottle of Bum Wine to stir my Muse and start writing kidz books.
Tommy's Mommy is 12
Billy's Dad Goes to the Bath house
Cletus is his own uncle
Mary lives in a big Trailer Park with 50 ugly Lesbians
I'm on the road to the Today Show! Katie Curic interviews America's Hottest Children's Author, Albert Wang!
To: wallcrawlr
Prince Bertie, the leading character in ``King & King,'' waves off a bevy of eligible princes before falling for Prince Lee Does Ernie know about this?
To: wallcrawlr
Perhaps a reading of The Emperor's New Clothes would point out the foolishness of pretending that the abnormal is normal.
To: wallcrawlr
They say homosexuals don't target children. But then, why are they trying so hard to get little children to read books about homosexuals?
Homosexuals are mentally ill and they are filled with a destructuve hate. All of 'em.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:27:50 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
To: AlbertWang
Swear to my soul, I was talking to my son one night when he blurted out "Suzie's dad is a woman". I about swallowed my teeth. Sure enough, my wife saw Suzie in the Walmart and her dad dresses like a woman. The beard gave him away.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:30:16 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: wallcrawlr
``I was flabbergasted,'' Hartsell said. ``My child is not old enough to understand something like that, especially when it is not in our beliefs.'' But she's old enough to be conditioned.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:30:26 AM PST
by
FrdmLvr
To: jtminton
Where'd they hide the oars?
To: wallcrawlr
To: wallcrawlr
People should simply check books like this out of the library, then "keep" them for a very long time.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:31:07 AM PST
by
zook
To: wallcrawlr
It's truly disgusting what these twisted maniacs are doing to our children.
For some odd reason they feel compelled to spread their mental illness throughout society.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:31:39 AM PST
by
AAABEST
(<a href="http://www.angelqueen.org">Traditional Catholicism is Back and Growing</a>)
To: AlbertWang
Tommy's Mommy is 12
Billy's Dad Goes to the Bath house
Cletus is his own uncle
Mary lives in a big Trailer Park with 50 ugly Lesbians Hilarious.
To: ClearCase_guy
Phaggots hold nothing sacred. Not the church, not marriage, not children, not family, not law, not themselves. Nothing. Totally morally bankrupt, pathetic perverts.
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:34:12 AM PST
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: AAABEST
And the Homofascists scoff at the idea that a "homosexual agenda" exists...
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:36:16 AM PST
by
Guillermo
(Kerry, Zapatero, Chirac and Schroeder support granting Al Qaeda a seat on the UN Security Council.)
To: AlbertWang; sockmonkey
"Cletus is His own Uncle" tops the chart!
Truly a rib-bruiser!
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posted on
03/18/2004 5:37:01 AM PST
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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