Thursday, June 02, 2005
More Books for the Burning Barrel
Posted by:
Hammer / 2:52 PM
One mother in Arkansas has had
enough:
The concerned parent says her next course of action will be to ask for an overall audit of each of the Fayetteville school libraries to make sure they are purged of all indecent materials. She contends that an "overall agenda" is being carried out in many schools, and its objective is "to sexualize our children, to desensitize them to homosexuality, and to perpetuate the myth that it's normal."
Hence, the name of one of the books, Taylor notes, referring to It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris. "I mean, that's just ludicrous," the Fayetteville mother remarks. She says the book "specifically states that everything is normal," and promotes the idea that "it doesn't matter who you fall in love with or who you have feelings for or what kind of sexual activity you want to participate in."
Psychologist Dr. Warren Throckmorton reviewed It's Perfectly Normal and the other two books at Taylor's request. He says some of the materials may actually be illegal, considering that they urge children to use pornography.
Yes, yes, yes! School libraries should only contain books with ideas that I agree with! I'm sure Dr. Warren
FourYaksAndADog agrees. We can't let children think their sexuality is normal -- they might end up attempting to enjoy sex, which can only lead to bitter disappointment.
Laurie Taylor has already managed to get three books she deems to be "vile" removed from general library circulation.