Any mention of queers, however slight....

[Mairead]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Martha Freeman got the bad news at lunch from her publisher and literary agent. Although "The Trouble With Babies" had received good reviews, the sales of her children's book about a young San Francisco girl were poor compared with the first title in her series, and the paperback rights would not be sold.

The reason: A brief passage buried in the book about two gay fathers and their adopted son apparently had discouraged many librarians across the United States from buying the title. Although they had enthusiastically purchased Freeman's previous book, "The Trouble With Cats," the mention of the gay couple in her newest work raised the possibility of a public backlash.

In one case, a Pittsburgh-area mother demanded that the book be removed, writing to an elementary school librarian that the author obviously had a "homosexual agenda" inappropriate for young readers. Soon afterward, the title was taken off the library shelves.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/entertainment/books/7645434.htm

[oneighty]

1. however slight

sounds much like a passage from the UCMJ concerning the same subject.

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[readmylips]

2. The Pittsburgh-area mom didn't disclose that...

she was once a whore lapdancing in private parties, and she's a twice divorcee herself.....sorry I'm describing a neighbor I know who now acts hollier than falwell and boosh

[greekspeak]

3. Well, we queers ARE dirty sodomites after all

Why should a wholesome child have to hear about our perverse lifestyles, adopting children and begging to form legal unions with one another. The author would have done well to put a fine upstanding conservative common-law hillbilly couple in the books, you know with the fine art cars displayed proudly before their homes. Sarcasm off.