Posted on 10/04/2005 11:01:38 AM PDT by shining_city
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 4, 2005 -- The author of a conservative children's book is condemning published reports that a public school in Lexington, Massachusetts, is forcing its kindergarten students to read a book promoting gay marriage. Katharine DeBrecht, the author of "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" (Kids Ahead; hardcover $15.95; ISBN 0976726904), criticized the school and asked why the very same liberals who have vocally attacked her book and called her a "Nazi" have been so silent in this case.
Reports recently surfaced that Estabrook School mandated that all kindergarteners read "Who's in a Family," a picture book that endorses the controversial topic of gay marriage, and invited gay parents to come into class to talk to the young children about the topic. The story came to light when David and Tonia Parker -- two parents who ironically support gay marriage but do not want their son exposed to the topic -- sought and failed to get their child exempted from the controversial curriculum. Their protests have not only fallen on deaf ears, but the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts has intoned that it supports the school's decision to have five-year-olds learn about homosexuality over their parents' objections.
"This is yet another example of liberals bringing their ideological agenda into our classrooms," says DeBrecht. "It is bad enough that a public school would seek to expose young children to an issue like gay marriage in the first place, but it is even more outrageous that they would ignore the request of parents who want to shield their kids from this topic."
DeBrecht added that liberal children's books have long been finding their way into our nation's schools. Another pro-gay marriage book, "King & King," has also turned up in many classrooms across America, as has the picture book "Rainbow Fish," which tells a socialist story of a beautiful fish that is hectored into giving away his shiny scales.
"It's ironic that liberals have so vehemently objected to parents acquiring my book, but we"ve heard no outcry against the Lexington kindergarten reading list," notes DeBrecht, whose book tells the story of two brothers who open a lemonade stand only to have cartoon look-alikes of Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy tax away their profits and outlaw sugary drinks.
Left-wing blogger and pro-gay marriage pundit Andrew Sullivan said "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" invoked memories of Chinese dictator Mao Tse-Tung. Alan Colmes, co-host of Fox's Hannity & Colmes, called DeBrecht's book "brainwashing." MSNBC host Ron Reagan mused that he should write his own kid"s book depicting conservatives as "hat[ing black people." The Democratic Underground website listed DeBrecht on their "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" list. And Daily Kos, the most trafficked left-wing blog, likened the book to Nazi propaganda. "Apparently liberals are happy to see young kids exposed to political issues, just as long as it's from a left-wing perspective," adds DeBrecht, who is a mother of three. "And the ACLU has shown it is willing to even go one step further and fight to support a public school's right to indoctrinate. Conservative parents have no choice but to make sure their kids have a chance to hear about traditional values, because it surely will not happen in school."
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I wouldn't be surprised if they start teaching these 5 YEAR OLDS about abortion next.
Liberals, read: gays, must recruit children because being gay is not a natural state but a learned one. Since when is sodomy a discussion for children?
I was thinking the same thing. They don't see it, ironically, that they are putting a box around 'family' to be sure it's taught the way they want, like it or not, beneficial or not. They're crying foul because things aren't being defined to suit them. They're doing the very thing they claim the 'opposition' is doing.
Have have they run out academics and motor skills to teach?
Not just run out of purely academic things, but floundering with them as well.
I'm shocked...
Why have we let it get to this?
Where can I buy that conservative book..."Hey Mom..there are liberals under my bed!" Sounds hysterical!
Hmm...
(flips through Bible)
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