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CONTROVERSY OVER UNREAD BOOKS
A homosexual
activist, James Chamberlain, who is a kindergarten teacher
in the Surrey, BC Public School Board, insisted that several
books promoting same-sex parenting, should be part of the
school curriculum. The Surrey School Board thought that the
books were not appropriate for kindergarten and Grade 1 children.
(See Reality, Sept./Oct. 2000, "Religious Views
Recognized", p.1.)
The
Surrey community, by the way, is ethnically and culturally
diverse, including large populations of Evangelical Christians,
Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and Catholics - all of whose faiths
do not approve of the homosexual lifestyle and books promoting
it.
The
decision of the School Board to refuse the books was challenged
in the court by Mr. Chamberlain. The case worked its way up
through the system to the Supreme Court of Canada, where it
was finally argued on June 12, 2002.
The Evangelical
Fellowship of Canada, the Catholic Civil Rights League, the
Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, and the Canadian Alliance
for Social Justice and Family Values, intervened in the Supreme
Court of Canada case against the homosexual activists. The
court reserved its decision.
Controversial
Books Seldom Read
It seems,
however, that pro-homosexual books are not very popular. For
example, two books, Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy's Roommate,
which were first published ten years ago and actively promoted
by homosexuals, are, in fact, rarely purchased in the bookstores.
Few individuals, apparently, want to actually read them. It
seems that parents - even homosexual parents - are not interested
in such books. Heather Has Two Mommies should be renamed Heather
Has Two Readers! In fact, the only persons purchasing such
books are school boards and libraries, where they serve as
stage props to comply with diversity regulations. Publishers
sell, at most, 1,000 to 2,000 copies a year of pro-homosexual
children's books, even with the reluctant purchases by libraries
and school boards. The "diversity" business is big
and expensive, according to sociologist Barbara Dafoe Whitehead,
author and co-director of the National Marriage Project at
the US Rutgers University,
Buying
these … books is an inexpensive way of libraries and
school boards demonstrating their compliance with diversity.
It is
unfortunate that harassment and so much money is being spent
due to homosexual pressure regarding unpopular books.
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