"maybe just don't teach them to read"

Right On!

"Of course, if we were to follow that line of reasoning -- removing books that depicted illegal acts -- we'd have to get rid of the mysteries, the adventures, the newspapers and news magazines... heck, most of the library would be empty. We'd even have to pull the bible off the shelf because, last time I checked, murder and incest are still illegal most places."

Put out their eyes and punish them severely for thinking or even asking questions, too.

I surely do wish the fundamentalist Christians who spout on about how much they believe in Jesus and how strictly they follow Jesus would _believe_ that Jesus might have meant it to be _followed_ when he said that the second most important thing was that the proper way to treat people was to love them as much you love your very own self, even if that meant that sometimes you'd have to keep your mouth shut when a man expressed affection to another man, or a woman expressed affection for another woman, or a man should let his wife work or allow nude pictures of herself to be published or, heaven forbid, be in love with another man at the same time as she's married and taking care of her responsibilities as a partner to love and cherish her husband.

Remember that you must beat the devil out of children, because Jesus must have been nuts when he said that to such belong the kingdom of heaven.

Never, ever, do we want to even think about teaching children that the well-being of all people, including themselves, is more important than whether two guinea pigs get married. Like, starving and enslaved children might be more important than getting cheap plastic junk at Walmart. Like, preventing genital mutilation might be more important than preventing homosexuals from getting married. Like treating the people of other nations like human beings instead of invading their country just because they want to decide the price they will sell the oil that is pumped from the oil wells in their country. And like taking a stand that murdering women who have been raped because your family has been shamed is wrong.

For heaven's sake people, what part of "heal the sick", "feed the hungry", and "make peace" among all nations and peoples by "doing justice and loving mercy" got left out of your Bibles?!?

Hey Nat's Momma,

Does it all come down to keeping your children from material you don't want them to read without any occasion for public institutions sharing any responsibility whatsoever? Should the children's section of public libraries & bookstores not be treated differently at all from the adult's section regarding any topic which might traditionally be deemed inappropriate? Should you also not include themes regarding adultery, incest, bestiality, multiple partners, pornography & pedophilia from being exclusionary material as well?

Your argument seems to be based solely on rights for all with no place for any degree of censorship no matter what the topic. Is that the basis of your comment, or is it that you simply do not put homosexuality in the same category of deviant or inappropriate behavior as other practices which should be censored? If you do not believe in censorship, that would be an all inclusive perspective requiring legal policy consistent with it.

If parental responsibility should overshadow any government mandated accountability calling for legal public censorship, the logical conclusion would be that you would be in favor of children's reading material including incest, adultery, multiple partners, pedophilia, bestiality & pornography being available in the children’s section of libraries & book stores as well. After all, as you have said, “Just try active parenting or don’t teach them to read.”

If you don’t think that homosexuality is a deviant lifestyle but you do think most or all of these others are, just say it, & don't go into all the fluff which seems to imply that virtually any & all material should be in children’s book sections, & that parents are the only ones responsible for making sure children don't read what they don’t want them to.

Otherwise, by all means buy your daughter books portraying homosexuality as normal, but in the name of tolerance don’t leave out books on incest, bestiality, adultery, multiple partners, pedophilia & the like as normal & non-deviant lifestyles as well. The people practicing those lifestyles want acceptance too, & they are looking to you to deliver.

Winston

If you don’t want to read it that’s fine but if I choose to, I should be allowed and so should my children. You shouldn’t be able to make that call for me. Believe what you want but don’t tell me what I should believe.

This is not prejudice. It is called MORALS and ETHICS. You can be so open minded that your brain falls out. Apparently yours has

I'll bet you enjoy fondling children, too. You perverts. You're all hetorphobic.

I don't see anything wrong with gays. They're lifestyle choice is up to them, and if you don't want your children to read the book, don't check it out. It's as simple as that.
And how can I be hetrophobic-nice job on spelling by the way, if I'm straight myself?
And I'm 15 by the way, I'm probably 40 years younger than you and much more educated.

In raising children it's crucial to instill correct and proper moral values into them during them during their formative years. Shielding them from this type of lifestyle instills proper values and doesn't instill hate or discrimination. When theyr'e old enough, and wise enough (as long as you spent the time with them and set a good example) they'll figure out that a gay lifestyle is bullshit.

So..you've never seen the adult romances? Authors such as Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux and many others use smut and descriptive sex to sell their books.

It's explicit, sometimes dirty and always THERE. Even in the Young Adult section, there is explicit sex.

How about you read what you choose, and let the rest of us read what we choose?

If you don't like a book, then you don't have to own it for your personal library. But a public library caters to all, not just you.

Bottom line, if you don't like it, don't read it. But please, don't tell me what I may or may not read based on your opinions.

John, why are you thinking about sex all the time?