This 'n' that
Mar. 18th, 2004 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenFirst off, happy (eta early, apparently it's not until the 21st) birthday ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ros_fod. Someone who, every time I think of her or see her name, I think is called "Ros Food" and I don't know why but on the other hand I'm not sure I'll ever stop. I file this under the weirdness of names, a folder which also include the fact that everytime I see minitrog I immediately go "Troggie!" Hi, my name is TBQ and verily I am strange.
In other news,lucifrix pointed out a book that I definitely need to order from Amazon, otherwise known as This CNN article about parents angered by their daughter reading a book about gay princes. I'll quote for when the article comes down:
Parents angered by book about gay princes
Thursday, March 18, 2004 Posted: 7:17 AM EST (1217 GMT)
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (AP) -- The parents of an elementary school pupil 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, California. 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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I have to say my favorite quote out of that is the dad's "My child is not old enough to understand something like that, especially when it is not in our beliefs." I realize that I'm just arguing semantics but I really want to pull him aside and tell him that gay people are more like tables than unicorns. You don't have to believe in them, they just are. When Peter Pan asked us to clap our hands so fairies could live, he wasn't talking about Carson Kressley.
But that's just me.
ros_fod. Someone who, every time I think of her or see her name, I think is called "Ros Food" and I don't know why but on the other hand I'm not sure I'll ever stop. I file this under the weirdness of names, a folder which also include the fact that everytime I see minitrog I immediately go "Troggie!" Hi, my name is TBQ and verily I am strange.In other news,
lucifrix pointed out a book that I definitely need to order from Amazon, otherwise known as This CNN article about parents angered by their daughter reading a book about gay princes. I'll quote for when the article comes down:Parents angered by book about gay princes
Thursday, March 18, 2004 Posted: 7:17 AM EST (1217 GMT)
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (AP) -- The parents of an elementary school pupil 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, California. 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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I have to say my favorite quote out of that is the dad's "My child is not old enough to understand something like that, especially when it is not in our beliefs." I realize that I'm just arguing semantics but I really want to pull him aside and tell him that gay people are more like tables than unicorns. You don't have to believe in them, they just are. When Peter Pan asked us to clap our hands so fairies could live, he wasn't talking about Carson Kressley.
But that's just me.
